Zabucaiaboom en een aap

About this artwork

collector's mark: Lugt 240

Art Historical Context

Step into the whimsical world of Paulus Potter's *Zabucaiaboom en een aap* (1650), a delicate etching measuring just 207 × 153 mm. Potter (1625–1654), a leading Dutch Golden Age artist, was renowned for his lifelike animal studies and pastoral scenes, often capturing the textures of fur, feathers, and landscapes with astonishing realism. This intimate print bears the collector's mark Lugt 240, signaling its provenance from a distinguished 19th-century collector, adding to its allure for connoisseurs. Etching, Potter's favored medium here, involved drawing acid-resistant lines on a copper plat...

About the Artist

Paulus Potter · 1625–1654

Paulus Potter (1625–1654) was a Dutch Golden Age painter whose short life — he died at just twenty-eight years of age — belied an artistic achievement of remarkable originality and influence. Born in Enkhuizen in 1625, Potter trained under his father, the painter Pieter Potter, and later in Amsterdam and Delft, where he absorbed the technical standards of the flourishing Dutch painting tradition. ...