River Landscape with Cows

River Landscape with Cows

SK-A-3957

Vlak rivierlandschap, aan de oever van het water staan enige koeien, het meest linkse dier drinkt.

signature, lower right: ‘A. cuÿp’

painter: Aelbert Cuyp (mentioned on object)

c. 1645 - c. 1650

oil on panel

• support: height 43 cm x width 72.5 cm x thickness 1.5 cm
• outer size: depth 7 cm (support incl. frame)

Purchased with the support of N.V. Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken to Stichting Jubileumfonds Rijksmuseum

purchase 1959

Public domain

…; collection William Evans (1807-1881), Crumpsall Grange, Lancaster, first half of the 19th century;{According to the dealer E. Speelman in a letter of 17 March 1959 to the museum, RMA Archive; [A. van Schendel], Catalogue of Paintings Rijksmuseum Amsterdam_coll. cat. 1960, p. 80.} by descent to his grandson, Murland de Grasse Evans (1874-1946), 2nd Baronet of Tubbendeny;{According to the dealer E. Speelman in a letter of 17 March 1959 to the museum, RMA Archive; [A. van Schendel], Catalogue of Paintings Rijksmuseum Amsterdam_coll. cat. 1960, p. 80; A. Chong, _Aelbert Cuyp and the Meaning of Landscape_, diss. New York University 1992, p. 461.}…; from the dealer E. Speelman, London, £12,500, to the museum, with the support of the Jubileumfonds, 1959

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

M. Haveman, De alomtegenwoordige bewoonster van het Hollandse landschap, Kunstschrift, jaargang 51, nr. 3 (juni/juli 2007),p. 41, afb. 48

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