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Aelbert Cuyp: Peasants and Cattle by the River Merwede
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| Title |
Peasants and Cattle by the River Merwede  |
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| Object type |
painting |
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| Genre |
landscape painting |
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| Description |
English: In the distance, on the left are the still remaining ruins of the 1420 destroyed castle of Merwede (Huis the Merwede), a mile to the east of Dordrecht. |
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| Date | between circa 1658 and circa 1660 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on oak wood | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 38.1 cm (15 in); width: 50.8 cm (20 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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not on view |
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| Accession number |
NG1289 |
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| Credit line |
1889: bequeathed by John Staniforth Beckett |
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| Inscriptions | Signature | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
English: Cuyp painted and drew the castle of Merwede (Huis the Merwede) several times. The depicted cow is also shown in several of his other paintings, e.g. 'The Large Dort' |
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| References |
National Gallery, London Web Gallery of Art |
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| Source/Photographer | The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN: 3936122202. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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