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Aelbert Cuyp: A Road near a River  wikidata:Q23928749 reasonator:Q23928749
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Aelbert Cuyp  (1620–1691)  wikidata:Q313194 q:it:Aelbert Cuyp
 
Aelbert Cuyp
Alternative names
Aelbert Cuijp, Aelbrecht Cuijp, Albert Cuijp, Aelbrecht Cuyp, Albert Cuyp, Albrecht Cuyp, Aelbert Gerritsz. Cuyp, Aelbert Kuip, Aelbrecht Kuip
Description Dutch painter, drawer and printmaker
Date of birth/death 20 October 1620 Edit this at Wikidata 15 November 1691 (buried)
Location of birth/death Dordrecht Dordrecht
Work period 1635-1691
Work location
Dordrecht (1635-1691), Rhenen (1642), Arnhem (1642, 1651-1652), Amersfoort (1642), Utrecht (1642), Leiden (1642), The Hague (1642), Nijmegen (1651-1652), Elten (1651-1652), Emmerich (1651-1652), Kleve (1651-1652), Kalkar (1651-1652)
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Title
A Road near a River
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Genre landscape art Edit this at Wikidata
Date circa 1660
date QS:P571,+1660-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 113 cm (44.4 in); width: 176.6 cm (69.5 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,113U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,176.6U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1241163
Accession number
DPG124
Object history London, Noel Desenfans, 1802-1807: London, Skinner and Dyke, Desenfans sale, 18 Mar. 1802, lot 162 ('A large Landscape with Cattle and Figures'. Descriptive Catalogue, no. 142: 'The fore-ground of this, represents the highway, on the right of which, is a shepherdess, dressed in blue, a straw hat on her head, and her crook in her hand; she is walking in conversation with a countryman mounted on a mule loaded with panniers, who seems to be passing by chance -- a beautiful cluster of trees is in the centre, at the foot of which are two shepherds surrounded with sheep and their dogs -- the left is enriched with shrubs and bushes, lining the bank of a river which is on the other side of the road, and in which two men thrown rather into the back-ground, are angling. At some little distance from the, are other figures at the door of a cottage beautifully surrounded by trees. The next objects are some mountains'). Bt Elliot for £189.0 (Bt in). Handwritten note in copy of catalogue at The Hague, RKD: '65. [i.e. 6 x 5] -- 2 High trees & 2 shepds sitting und.r it & sheep & a dog -- a Man ridg on Ass ... w.h Panniers &c'; ?1804 Insurance List, no. 60: 'A large landscape with shepherds, £600'); London, Sir Francis Bourgeois, 1807-1811; Bourgeois Bequest, 1811.
Credit line Sir Peter Francis Bourgeois Bequest, 1811
References Dulwich Picture Gallery, London
Source/Photographer hgEwLZy43_V9PA at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level
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