Trois Vaches dans un pâturage
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Paulus Potter was just 21 years old when he painted this incredibly lifelike scene of cows chilling in a Dutch pasture. Notice how the brown-and-white cow in the foreground looks almost like you could reach out and pet her? Potter was famous for treating farm animals with the same dignity usually reserved for human portraits, capturing every wrinkle and whisker under a massive, dramatic sky. He even signed and dated it right in the top left corner, proving he was proud of this early masterpiece!
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