Herdsman and Cattle in a River Landscape
after Aelbert Cuyp (Dordrecht 1620 - Dordrecht 1691)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1670 - 1699
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
490 x 590 mm
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290378
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Herdsman and Cattle in a River Landscape, after Aelbert Cuyp (Dordrecht 1620 – Dordrecht 1691). A river lndscape with a group of cavaliers with some cattle. One cow is silhouetted against the large expanse of sky, others stand or lie. Two figures are on foot, two on horseback, one with a red cloak and a feathered hat (inventory card). An English copy of the original in the Corcoran Gallery in Washington DC.
Provenance
Acquired with Calke Abbey's contents, with the aid of a grant provided by the National Heritage Memorial Fund, thanks to a special allocation of money from the Government and transferred in lieu of tax on the estate of Charles Jenney Harpur-Crewe (1917 - 1981) to the National Trust with the house that was given by Henry Jenney Harpur-Crewe (1921- 1991), in 1984
Credit line
Calke Abbey, The Harpur Crewe Collection (acquired by the National Trust with the help of the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund in 1984)
Makers and roles
after Aelbert Cuyp (Dordrecht 1620 - Dordrecht 1691), artist