A Landscape with a Herd of Pigs, The Swineherd Conversing with Another Man, 1645, Paulus Potter, Dutch, 1625–1654, 18 1/4 × 24 5/8 in. ( × cm) (sight)26 7/8 × 33 1/4 × 2 in. ( × × cm) (outer frame), Oil on panel, Netherlands, 17th century, The wealthy urban merchants of Holland in the 1600s relished humorous images of rural peasants, farms, and animals found in the countryside that surrounded the cities. Paulus Potter specialized in pictures of Dutch cows and hogs, painted in detail and with great affection. Here, two animated farmers or swineherds catch up

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