A View of Vianen with a Herdsman and Cattle by a River
Aelbert Cuyp (Dutch, 1621–1691)
c. 1643–c. 1645
- Medium
- Oil on panel
- Classification
- Painting
- Dimensions
- 40 × 55 cm (15 3/4 × 21 5/8 in.); Framed: 57.2 × 72.1 × 5.7 cm (22 1/2 × 28 3/8 × 2 1/4 in.)
- Culture
- Dordrecht
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Painting and Sculpture of Europe
- Credit line
- Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Fund
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
Aelbert Cuyp never traveled to Italy, yet he employed the golden light typical of southern Europe to dramatize his distinctly Dutch pastoral subjects. He enhanced views of the meandering rivers and flat terrain with cows and sheep, animals that abounded in the local countryside. In this relatively early painting, his use of a warm, monochrome color palette reflects the influence of his older contemporary, Jan van Goyen.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
