# Horses in a Field [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [POTTER, Paulus]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on panel, 24 x 30 cm ## Commentary This painting depicts two horses near a gate in a meadow. They stand on a rise where the mane and tail of the dark horse apparently catch a lot of wind. The depiction of the animals is truly lifelike. The gate is an essential element of the composition: it forms the transition between the high foreground and the low-lying background. ## Related artworks - [A Husbandman with His Herd \(detail\)]() - [A Husbandman with His Herd]() - [Cattle and Sheep in a Stormy Landscape]() - [Cows in a Meadow by a Farm]() - [Cows in a Meadow]() - [Cows Reflected in the Water]() - [Deer in the Wood]() - [Diederik Tulp]() - [Driving the Cattle to Pasture in the Morning]() - [Figures with Horses by a Stable \(detail\)]() - [Figures with Horses by a Stable]() - [Four Bulls \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()