Aelbert Cuyp (1621-1690)

細節

Aelbert Cuyp (1621-1690)

A cowherd leaning on a stick, herding a bull and a cow, by a river bank on a cloudy day

signed lower right A. cuijp, oil on panel
42.6 x 74.3 cm

來源

With J.Leger and Son, London,February 1930 ( where seen by C Hofstede de Groot)
With P. de Boer, Amsterdam, 1931
With Asscher and Welcker, London , 1932
with R.Wiltschek, 1940
Anon. Sale, Sotheby's London, 8 April 1981, lot 89, with ill. (erroneously as unsigned)
Anon. Sale, AB Auktionsverk. Stockholm, 20 April 1982, lot 660, with ill.
Anon. Sale, Christie's London, 6 July 1990,lot 117, with colour ill.

出版

S. Reiss, Aelbert Cuyp, 1975, p. 42, no. 41, with ill.

拍品專文

The present lot belongs to the so called 'Van Goyenesque' group of paintings by the artist, all executed in the early fourties, and of which the main characteristics are the atmospheric handling of the sky and the silvery and ochre tones. The present picture, exceptionally well preserved, is to be compared with the painting of a riverscene with two men conversing in the Museum at Dordrecht (S. Reiss, op.cit., p. 41, no. 13). Reiss dates both this painting as the present lot to circa 1641. Alan Chong in a letter of 7 March 1995 prefers a slightly later date towards 1642, comparing the handling of the cattle with that in the picture which was with L. Koetser in 1972. He has also observed that the shepherd is almost identical to the one in the picture which was offered at Christie's London, 29 November 1975, lot 89

We are grateful to Allan Chong for his help in cataloguing this lot. He will include it in his forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist's work

See colour illustration