en years in Rome,and produced there in 1636 a series of etchings of horses,cattle, and other animals, in which he appears as aforerunner of Paul Potter. Potter may have learned from Van Laer the use of a 184 ENGRAVING IN THE LOW COUNTRIES sharp point and simplicity of style ; and perhaps… … Fig. 86. Paul Potter : Head of a Cow. Next in importance to Paul Potter as a draughtsmanof animals, so far as etching is concerned, comes Adriaenvan de Vclde (Amsterdam, 1635—1672), who in commonwith Potter possessed the power of obtaining a broad andfull effect with the utmost simplicity of means.…
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