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Paulus Potter

1625 - 1654

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Paulus Potter (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈpʌulʏs ˈpɔtər]; 20 November 1625 (baptised) – 17 January 1654 (buried)) was a Dutch painter who specialized in animals within landscapes, usually with a low vantage point. Before Potter died of tuberculosis at the age of 28 he succeeded in producing about 100 paintings, working continuously. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paulus Potter has received more than 132,463 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Paulus Potter is the 307th most popular painter (up from 313th in 2019), the 130th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 115th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Dutch Painter.

Paulus Potter was a Dutch painter who is most famous for his painting The Bull.

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  • 130k

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  • 62.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Paulus Potter ranks 307 out of 2,023. Before him are Masolino da Panicale, Vasily Vereshchagin, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Adriaen van Ostade, Daniele da Volterra, and Viktor Vasnetsov. After him are Alexej von Jawlensky, Karel van Mander, Bernardino Luini, Cosimo Rosselli, Luigi Russolo, and George Hendrik Breitner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1625, Paulus Potter ranks 3. Before him are Giovanni Domenico Cassini, and Johan de Witt. After him are Carlo Maratta, Rasmus Bartholin, John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg, Erik Dahlbergh, Edward, Count Palatine of Simmern, Thomas Corneille, Gregorio Barbarigo, François de Créquy, and William Christoph, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg. Among people deceased in 1654, Paulus Potter ranks 6. Before him are Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans, Axel Oxenstierna, Alessandro Algardi, Carel Fabritius, and Emperor Go-Kōmyō. After him are Johannes Valentinus Andreae, Peter Claver, İslâm III Giray, Samuel Scheidt, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, and Jacques Lemercier.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Paulus Potter ranks 130 out of 1,646. Before him are Harry Mulisch (1927), Robert van Gulik (1910), Louise of the Netherlands (1828), Willem Janszoon (1570), Dennis Bergkamp (1969), and Adriaen van Ostade (1610). After him are Nicolaes Tulp (1593), George Hendrik Breitner (1857), Gerard David (1450), Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (1967), Anton Mauve (1838), and Etty Hillesum (1914).

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Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Paulus Potter ranks 29. Before him are Jan van Goyen (1596), Hendrick Avercamp (1585), Judith Leyster (1609), Willem de Kooning (1904), Pieter Aertsen (1508), and Adriaen van Ostade (1610). After him are George Hendrik Breitner (1857), Gerard David (1450), Anton Mauve (1838), Ary Scheffer (1795), Meindert Hobbema (1638), and Abraham Bloemaert (1566).

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