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( Originally Published Early 1900's ) 1605-1691 The cattle pictures for which Cuyp is chiefly famous were but one of the branches of painting which he practised. He painted everything landscapes, portraits, animals, genre scenes of gentle folk or peasants, and still life: His landscapes with their golden haze appear to have been at first the out-come of those of Jan van Goyen, but he developed the manner of his prototype into something far more weighty and robust, at the same time retaining and even accentuating the effect of enveloping air. "A beautiful Cuyp," says Eugène Fromentin, "is a painting at the same time subtle and heavy, tender and robust, aerial and massive." The Young Herdsmen with Cows comes from the Rodolphe Kann Collection and has been cited by various authorities, Bode, Michel, De Groot, and others. It is a picture of the end of an afternoon with cows lying or standing in a field by a river bank. They are guarded by young herdsmen who are talking to a woman whose back is toward the spectator. Across the river is a wide view of undulating country, with the distance lost in the golden light which pervades the picture. The work is signed below at the left: A. Cuyp. |
Benjamin Altman Collection: Young Girl Asleep - Jan Vermeer Of Delft Wheatfilelds - Jacob Van Ruisdael Toilet Of Bathsheba After The Bath - Rembrandt Portrait Of A Young Man, Known As Thomas Jacobz Haring, Or The Auctioneer Portrait Of A Young Woman - Rembrandt A Lady Playing The Theorbo - Gerard Terborch 1617—1681? Hendrickje Stoffels - Rembrandt Interior With A Young Couple - Pieter De Hooch Young Herdsmen With Cows - Aelbert Cuyp Young Girl Peeling An Apple - Nicolaes Maes Read More Articles About: Benjamin Altman Collection |