LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on panel

Measurements:

17.99 in. (45.70 cm.) (height) by 25.47 in. (64.70 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'A. cuÿp' (lower centre)

Exhibited:

Cardiff, National Museum of Wales, Ideal and Classical Landscape, 6 February-3 April 1960, no. 29.

Literature:

S. Reiss, Aelbert Cuyp, Boston, 1975, no. 36, illustrated. A. Chong in C. Brusati, et.al., De Zichtbaere Werelt: Schilderkunst uit de Gouden Eeuw in Hollands oudste stad, exhibition catalogue, Dordrecht, 1992, p. 120, fig. 1. A. Chong, Aelbert Cuyp and the Meanings of Landscape, PhD dissertation, New York University, 1992, p. 322, no. 78.

Provenance:

Evelyn Hugh John Boscawen, 8th Viscount Falmouth (1887–1962); Christie's, London, 29 November 1957, lot 8, as 'Dutch School' (1,050 gns.), when acquired by the following, with Duits & Co., London, from whom acquired by the present owner.