Landscape
1635–91
Medium
Yellow and brown watercolor and gouache over black chalk.
Dimensions
7 7/16 x 12 1/8 in. (18.9 x 30.8 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1907
Accession Number
07.282.13
Tags
Art Historical Context
Aelbert Cuyp's *Landscape*, created sometime between 1635 and 1691, captures the serene beauty of the Dutch countryside in a delicate drawing on paper. Measuring just 7 7/16 x 12 1/8 inches, this intimate work features towers amid expansive landscapes, hallmarks of Cuyp's masterful eye for topography and atmosphere. Rendered in yellow and brown watercolor and gou over black chalk, it the preparatory sketches favored by artists of the Dutch Golden Age, allowing for quick, luminous effects with a limited palette. Cuyp, a leading figure from Dordrecht, is renowned for his radiant landscapes bath...
About the Artist
Aelbert Cuyp · 1620–1691
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 ...