Attributed to Aelbert Cuyp (1620-1691)

A View of the Rietdijkspoort, Dordrecht, with Sportsmen in the foreground

Details

Attributed to Aelbert Cuyp (1620-1691)
A View of the Rietdijkspoort, Dordrecht, with Sportsmen in the foreground
oil on panel
17 x 27in. (44.5 x 69.8cm.)

Provenance

Lord Claude Hamilton; his sale, Christie's, London, July 1, 1966, lot 48, as Aelbert Cuyp (2400gns. to the following).
with Leonard Koetser, London (Autumn Exhibition, 1966, as Aelbert Cuyp, (signed and dated) A View of Nijmwegen), from whom purchased by the present owner in 1968.

Literature

S. Reiss, Aelbert Cuyp, 1975, p. 50, under no. 22 as 'maybe the work of a pupil'.

Lot Essay

Alan Chong has examined the present painting in the original and believes that while an attribution to Aelbert Cuyp cannot be totally excluded, there are many points of uncharacteristic handling, making this a doubtful attribution.