Children and a Cow
Aelbert Cuyp
1635–39
Medium
Oil on wood
Dimensions
17 1/4 x 21 1/2 in. (43.8 x 54.6 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer, in memory of her father, George Griswold, 1934
Accession Number
34.83.1
Tags
DogsBoysGirlsCowsSheep
About the Artist
Aelbert Cuyp · 1620–1691
Aelbert Cuyp (1620–1691), a leading figure of the Dutch Golden Age, was born and died in Dordrecht, Netherlands, where he spent his entire life. The son of portraitist and animal painter Jacob Gerritsz Cuyp (1594–1652), Aelbert came from a family of artists—his uncle Benjamin Gerritsz Cuyp and grandfather Gerrit Gerritsz Cuyp were stained-glass designers—and studied under his father, with whom he ...