Une tête de bœuf
Paulus Potter, a Dutch Baroque master famous for his incredibly lifelike animal paintings, brings a surprising amount of personality to this humble ox. Rendered in expressive, grainy strokes, the beast stares out with a slightly open mouth and heavy-lidded eyes, giving it an almost comical, relaxed expression. Rather than a stiff, formal portrait, the artist captures the raw, textured reality of the animal's fur and massive horns, proving that even farm animals deserved the artistic spotlight in 17th-century Holland.
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