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This small, evocative painting shows the work of Aelbert Cuyp at the peak of his maturity as an artist. It’s a picture full of light and reflections, transforming a simple view of a river at evening time into visual harmony. Light puffy clouds lit by the evening sun drift overhead, leaving patches of shimmering water below that carry almost perfect reflections of boats, animals and distant trees. In a country greatly dependent on its cattle for its wealth, Cuyp has brought these magnificent beasts close to us, giving them as much character as – and much more significance than – the people around them. Several Dutch artists who had been to Italy painted landscapes full of the soft light of the Mediterranean. Cuyp was probably the most important of the artists to be influenced by their work.
Title
A Herdsman with Five Cows by a River
Date
about 1650-5
Medium
Oil on oak
Measurements
H 45.4 x W 74 cm
Accession number
NG823
Acquisition method
Bought, 1871
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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View of Dordrecht English Heritage, Kenwood -
Landscape with Cattle English Heritage, Kenwood -
Seated Shepherd with Cows and Sheep in a Meadow Ashmolean Museum, Oxford -
Shipping on the Maas with a Party in a Rowing Boat National Trust, Waddesdon Manor -
Shipping on the Maas at Dordrecht National Trust, Osterley Park -
Landscape with Cattle and Figures Dulwich Picture Gallery -
River Scene with a View of Dordrecht and a Windmill Manchester Art Gallery - 77 more