ID: 700001932 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001932	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Vier koeien in de weide (easel painting (painting by form); Paulus Potter (Enkhuizen 1625 - Amsterdam 1654); 1651; Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands); SK-C-206; RM001.collect.5093)

Note: Paulus Potter is well-known for his paintings of animals. He hardly ever depicted people, concentrating instead on cows, horses, goats and sheep in typical Dutch landscapes. Potter had a fine sense of light and atmosphere. The cows depicted here stand out sharply against the stormy sky. Their heavy bodies cast dark shadows. It is as though the animals are bracing themselves to endure the threatening storm. These wiry animals are even more striking from the low viewpoint chosen by Potter for this painting. Potter did not live long, dying at the age of 29, but his paintings had a great influence on landscape art until well into the nineteenth century.

Titles:

Vier koeien in de weide (preferred,C,U,RP,Dutch-P,U,U)

Four cows in a meadow (C,U,DE,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

easel painting (painting by form) [300177435] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, paintings (visual works), <paintings by form>)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1651

Creator Display:

Paulus Potter (Enkhuizen 1625 - Amsterdam 1654) [preferred,VP]

painter Potter, Paulus (Dutch painter, 1625-1654) [500012008]

Locations:

Current: Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands) [500246547] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: SK-C-206; RM001.collect.5093

Credit Line: Bruikleen van de gemeente Amsterdam (legaat A. van der Hoop)

Display Materials: oil on panel

	oil paint (paint) [300015050]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>)

	panel (wood by form) [300014657]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>, wood (plant material), <wood by form or function>)

Dimensions: 25 x 30 cm (support)

Events:

exhibition: Dirt: The filthy reality of everyday life, 2011-03-24 - 2011-08-31

exhibition: Karel Appel. Onderweg, 2004-10-13 - 2005-01-16

General Subject:

animals (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	cows (mammals) [300250120]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), <mammals by sex or age>) (AAT)

	meadow [300008876]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), landscapes (environments), natural landscapes, vegetation, plant communities (natural), grasslands) (AAT)

Copyright: Public Domain

Provenance: bruikleen 1885-06-30

Inscriptions: signatuur en datum Paulus Potter f 1651

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Vier koeien in de weide	........ [VP,Rijksmuseum]
	........ Rijksmuseum XML files (2012)
Four cows in a meadow	........ [VP]
	........ Rijksmuseum XML files (2012)

Subject: ....... [VP,Rijksmuseum]

....................... Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/aria/aria_assets/SK-C-206?lang=en; accessed 13 September 2012

....................... Rijksmuseum XML files (2012)

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/aria/aria_assets/SK-C-206?lang=en; accessed 13 September 2012