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View of Calcar on the Lower Rhine near Cleves
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View of Calcar on the Lower Rhine near Cleves

ca. 1640–42

Medium

Black chalk and gray wash and graphite, watercolored in green and ochre yellow, partly brushed with gum arabic; framing lines in black ink

Dimensions

Sheet: 7 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. (19.1 x 49.5 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

From the Collection of Rita and Frits Markus, Bequest of Rita Markus, 2005

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

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.