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Piping Shepherds
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Piping Shepherds

ca. 1643–44

Dimensions

35 3/4 x 47 in. (90.8 x 119.4 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Collis P. Huntington, 1900

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.