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Vermeer and the Delft School
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Description
In addition to the shimmering light, the balletic grace of this composition is characteristic of Potter. The finish, scale, composition, and inscription suggest that the drawing was made in the studio for the delectation of a connoisseur.
Despite the choreography, the artist's descriptions of animals were clearly the outcome of close study from life. Potter probably drew deer in the Haagse Bos, the well-known woodland on the north side of The Hague from which the palace Huis ten Bosch takes its name. Deer were confined in a section of the park, which opened to the public in 1613. According to the artist's widow, he never went for a walk without a sketchbook in his pocket.
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