Landscape
17th century
Medium
Black chalk, gray and green wash
Dimensions
5 5/16 x 7 5/16 in. (13.5 x 18.6 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Accession Number
29.100.931
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the serene world of 17th-century Dutch countryside with Aelbert Cuyp's delicate *Landscape*, a gem from the Metropolitan Museum of's Drawings and Prints department. Created during the Dutch Golden Age—a period of economic prosperity and artistic innovation—Cuyp (1620–1691), a master from Dordrecht, captures the flat pastoral expanses that defined his homeland. This intimate drawing, measuring just 5 5/16 x 7 5/16 inches, likely served as a preparatory study, blending everyday houses nestled amid rolling landscapes. Rendered in black chalk heightened with subtle gray and green washes...
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 ...