ID: 700001934 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001934	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Twee paarden in de weide bij een hek (easel painting (painting by form); Paulus Potter (Enkhuizen 1625 - Amsterdam 1654); 1649; Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands); SK-C-205; RM001.collect.5096)

Note: Paulus Potter was the first artist in Holland to feature cattle in his paintings outside the context of a biblical, mythological or anecdotal story. In this painting, horses are the main subject. The animals are painted with remarkable realism, revealing the artist's skill in rendering skin and hair and his eye for the various poses. The horses appear to be standing at a raised part of the meadow, where the mane and tail of the darker of the two has caught the wind. The mouth is slightly open and the nostrils dilated. The white steed also conveys a feeling of power. An essential element in this composition is the gate. It leads from the high foreground to the lower ground further distant, simultaneously providing a conspicuous space for Potter's signature. He inscribed the painting with a pontifical 'Paulus Potter f 1649'.

Titles:

Twee paarden in de weide bij een hek (preferred,C,U,RP,Dutch-P,U,U)

Two Horses near a Gate 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: 1649

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-205; RM001.collect.5096

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: 23.5 x 30 cm (support)

Events:

exhibition: Project Rijksmuseum-A, 2011-10-29 - 2016-09-01

exhibition: Odilon Redon, la nature en héritage, 2007-10-01 - 2007-12-31

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

General Subject:

animals (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	horses (species) [300250148]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Perissodactyla (order), Equidae (family), Equus (genus)) (AAT)

	fence (site element) [300005044]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Open Spaces and Site Elements (hierarchy name ), site elements) (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 1649

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Additional Notes:

Dutch ..... Een donkerbruin en een wit paard staande in de weide bij een hek. Rechts in de verte een weiland met koeien en het profiel van een stad.

Sources and Contributors:
Twee paarden in de weide bij een hek	........ [VP,Rijksmuseum]
	........ Rijksmuseum XML files (2012)
Two Horses near a Gate in a Meadow	........ [VP]
	........ Rijksmuseum XML files (2012)

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

....................... Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/aria/aria_assets/SK-C-205?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-205?lang=en; accessed 13 September 2012
Dutch	..... [VP]
	..... Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/collectie/SK-C-205; accessed 6 September 2012