The Young Bull 1647

by Paulus Potter

Oil on canvas
This Dutch realism painting shows a bull which has different aged body parts that may not belong to one same animal. For the Dutch at the period of this painting, the cow represented prosperity and goats were commonly used at that period to exhibit Italy.

Credit:: This image may be subject to copyright.
More:: http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/404585/a-young-bull-and-two-cows-in-a-meadow

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