Brief Biography-Paulus Potter was born in Enkhuizen in 1625, the son of the painter Pieter Simonsz Potter who tutored him when they moved to Amsterdam. His prime interest was painting animals, in which he excelled. In 1646, The Guild of Saint Luke in Delft admitted him, and shortly afterwards, he moved to The Hague, where he married. Doctor Nicolaes Tulp invited him back to Amsterdam in 1652 and became his patron; Tulp commissioned the equestrian portrait of his son Dirck. Potter died the following year of tuberculosis. His painting, The Young Bull, was his most famous work in the Netherlands during his time.