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VALUABLE OIL PAINTING OF PAULUS POTTER WHO WAS BORN AT ENKHUIZEN IN HOLLAND ON THE 1625 AND DIED ON THE 15TH OF JANUARY 1654 AT THE AGE OF TWENTY-NINE - HE WAS INSTRUCTED IN ART BY HIS FATHER PETER - A LANDSCAPE PAINTER - AND BY NICOLAS MOEYAERT BUT HE LEARNT THROUGH DIRECT STUDI FROM NATURE - HE PAINTED WITH THE GREATEST DIRECTNESS AND SIMPLICITY THE THINGS HE SAW BEFORE HIM MOSTLY BULLS AND HORSES - HIS PORTRAITS ARE IN THE RIJKSMUSEUM OF AMSTERDAM - HERMITAGE - PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM - LOUVRE - PRADO - SABAUDA MUSEUM OF TORINO AND MANY OTHERS - HIS PICTURES ARE GENERALLY SMALL AS THIS OIL PAINTING WERE THE CHIEF PERSONAGES ARE - IN THE MANNER OF PAUL POTTER - WHETER THE BULLS THAT ARE PASTURING IN A MEADOW OR THE NATURE THAT IN THE BACKGROUND -