Paulus Potter and The Bull

'The Bull' (1647) by Paulus Potter; Mauritshuis, The Hague

This painting is a depiction of a very Dutch scene. A bull, a cow, a farmer and some sheep in a Dutch meadow. I didn't even like it that much at first but having been at the Mauritshuis in The Hague several times, this painting sort of grows on you, also because of its huge size. Upon entering the room, you can not help going straight to this painting and admiring it. The artist is Paulus Potter, whose actual date of birth and death isn't mentioned on Wikipedia (it's probably not known) but he was buried on the 17th of January, 1654, in Amsterdam.