Lot Essay
We are grateful to Dr. Alan Chong for confirming that the present picture is entirely the work of Aelbert Cuyp; he dates it c. 1643 and intends to publish it in his forthcoming monograph on the artist.
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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
Aelbert Cuyp (1620-1691)
Details
Aelbert Cuyp (1620-1691)
Gentlemen and a Lady on a Track at the Edge of a Wood with the Artist sketching in the Foreground
signed 'A. cuÿp.'
oil on canvas
39¾ x 55 1/8in. (101 x 140cm.)
Gentlemen and a Lady on a Track at the Edge of a Wood with the Artist sketching in the Foreground
signed 'A. cuÿp.'
oil on canvas
39¾ x 55 1/8in. (101 x 140cm.)
Provenance
Mrs M.G. Young, Faringdon.
Anon. Sale, Sotheby's, 27 March 1968, lot 49 (#7,200 to Agnew's).
Anon. Sale, Sotheby's, 13 July 1977, lot 15 (#10,000).
Anon. Sale, Sotheby's, 27 March 1968, lot 49 (#7,200 to Agnew's).
Anon. Sale, Sotheby's, 13 July 1977, lot 15 (#10,000).
Literature
The Chronology of Aelbert Cuyp, The Burlington Magazine, LXXXI, no. 475, Oct. 1942, p. 259, pp. 258-9, fig. A.
S. Reiss, Aelbert Cuyp, London, 1975, p. 104, no. 69, illustrated 'on the fringe of the early Cuyp school and possibly a collaboration between two artists. The figures call to mind the work of Jan Olis (c. 1610-76) and J.F. van der Merck (c. 1610-64).'
S. Reiss, Aelbert Cuyp, London, 1975, p. 104, no. 69, illustrated 'on the fringe of the early Cuyp school and possibly a collaboration between two artists. The figures call to mind the work of Jan Olis (c. 1610-76) and J.F. van der Merck (c. 1610-64).'