View of the Groote Kerk in Dordrecht from the River Maas

Aelbert Cuyp

ca. 1647–48

View of the Groote Kerk in Dordrecht from the River Maas by Aelbert Cuyp

Medium

Black chalk and moistened black chalk, gray wash (mainly in the clouds, water and sails), greenish yellow and grayish green wash (in the trees and under the houses at the left), and touches of brown chalk (in and under the houses at the left and on the large sailboat).

Dimensions

7 3/16 x 14 1/2 in. (18.2 x 36.8 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Robert Lehman Collection

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

Accession Number

1975.1.768

Tags

RiversBoatsWindmillsChurches

About the Artist

Aelbert Cuyp · 16201691

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 ...

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