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Children and a Cow
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Children and a Cow

1635–39

Medium

Oil on wood

Dimensions

17 1/4 x 21 1/2 in. (43.8 x 54.6 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer, in memory of her father, George Griswold, 1934

Classification

Paintings

Department

European Paintings

Rights

Public Domain

About Aelbert Cuyp

1620–1691Kingdom of the Netherlands

Member of the Cuyp family of painters and glass painters. He applied varied sources and influences to traditional landscape painting. He did not become popular until the late 18th century, well after his death. Comment on works: Landscapes; Portraits; Views; Ruins; Still life.