Two Cows and a Young Bull beside a Fence in a Meadow by Paulus Potter (1647)

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Two brown bovines standing, one with her back to viewer and the other (the bull) face-to-face with her. In front of both is another, white and orange, cow laying on the ground. to the right is a dead tree and part of a wooden fence. The sky is blue with white clouds.

Two Cows and a Young Bull beside a Fence in a Meadow by Paulus Potter (1647)

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Whenever I see a painting like this, seemingly just a scene from the daily life of an era, I wonder if it would have spoken symbolically to the people of that era? Like, do the dead tree and the fence symbolize something? I wouldn’t know but I feel bad for the artist that most contemporary folks have lost the ability to recognize what would have been obvious to them. Or then again, maybe this is just three cows and a tree.

Also the detail in the cows’ fur is amazing.

Thanks for the share.

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