A Landscape with a Herdsman and Bull
Aelbert Cuyp (Dordrecht 1620 – Dordrecht 1691)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1650 - 1659
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
457 x 457 mm (18 x 18 in)
Place of origin
Dordrecht
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Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1246477
Summary
Oil painting on panel, A Landscape with a Herdsman and Bull by Aelbert Cuyp (Dordrecht 1620 – Dordrecht 1691), 1650-1659. 'A landscape with a flock of nine sheep, a shepherdess sitting on a bank, and a man and a boy standing together; the latter appears to hold a cord attached to dark red bull. In the second distance there are cows and two men on the bank of a river, which is bounded by a chain of lofty mountains.
Credit line
Polesden Lacey, The McEwan Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
A. Cuyp (signed)
Makers and roles
Aelbert Cuyp (Dordrecht 1620 – Dordrecht 1691), artist
References
Smith 1829-42 John Smith, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish, and French Painters, 8 vols and supplement, London, 1829-42