Horsemen and Herdsmen with Cattle
Aelbert Cuyp
1655/1660
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 120 x 171.5 cm (47 1/4 x 67 1/2 in.) framed: 164.2 x 214.3 x 17.2 cm (64 5/8 x 84 3/8 x 6 3/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CNE-B
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Widener Collection
Accession Number
1942.9.16
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 ...