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Departure to the Hunt

Dutch / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) - 11 months ago - troycapc

This is a reproduction of “Departure to the Hunt” of 1652 by Paulus Potter.  The artist was twenty-seven years old when he created this masterpiece.  He was a Dutch painter born in Enkhuizen who trained with his father in Amsterdam.  At twenty-four he moved to the Hague where he married and was introduced to the Dutch elite.  He became quite popular for his landscapes and paintings in natural settings.  These were lauded in the 19th century as precursors of Romanticism.  He died of tuberculosis before January 17, 1654 when he was buried.  This masterpiece is in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin.
Reproduction for sale on Zazzle