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View of the Groote Kerk in Dordrecht from the River Maas
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View of the Groote Kerk in Dordrecht from the River Maas

ca. 1647–48

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)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

Classification

Drawings

Department

Robert Lehman Collection

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.