메르베더 강가의 농부들과 가축들(Peasants and Cattle by the River Merwede). 마우리츠하위스(Mauritshuis). 덴하그(Den Haag, 헤이그:Hague)

메르베더 강가의 농부들과 가축들

(Peasants and Cattle by the River Merwede).

마우리츠하위스(Mauritshuis).

덴하그(Den Haag, 헤이그:Hague). 네덜란드(Netherland)

Aelbert Cuyp (1620~1691)

Peasants and Cattle by the River Merwede

c. 1658 - 1660

Oil on canvas

51cm x 38cm

Two cowherds and their cattle stand in the low sunlight by the river Merwede. A horseman has just passed by. In the distance, we can see the ruins of Huis te Merwede, a little outside the city of Dordrecht.

Cuyp specialised in this sort of landscape with animals bathed in a warm glow. This lighting effect was the trademark of artists who painted Italianate landscapes. Cuyp adopted their technique in his landscapes, which are otherwise unmistakeably Dutch.

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