_Pieter Potter_ (Dutch: 1597-1652).
Pieter Potter, the father of Paul Potter, was a native of
Enkhuizen, and originally painted on glass. In one of his early
signatures (1628) he describes himself as "glass annealer,
also painter." Later on, he settled at Amsterdam and was
director of a manufactory of gilt leather there. He formed his
style, we are told, under the influence of Frans Hals, and
painted various subjects, such as scenes in the guard-house,
still-life, and landscape.