Terms and conditions of use
Landscape with cattle
(c. 1639-1649)
Medium
oil on wood panel
Measurements
65.0 × 90.8 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1932
Gallery location
Rembrandt Cabinet
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
Aelbert Cuyp is now considered one of the leading landscape artists of the Golden Age of Dutch painting. The animals in his landscapes always appear healthy and robust. In their idyllic settings, they attest to a buoyant Dutch economy and to the sense of prosperity prevalent in the Netherlands in the early seventeenth century. In particular, the dairy industry was a subject of great pride, and the depiction of cattle was a special genre in Dutch painting.
Artwork Details
Inscription
inscribed in brown paint l.c.r.: A. cuÿp
Accession Number
4664-3
Department
International Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Subjects (general)
Agriculture Animals Landscapes
Subjects (specific)
cattle domestic sheep (species) farmers (people in agriculture) goat (genus) men (male humans) rural areas trees