Mountainous Landscape with the Ruins of a Castle, Aelbert Cuyp, c. 1642 - c. 1645

Identification

Title(s)

Mountainous Landscape with the Ruins of a Castle

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-77

Inscriptions / marks

signature, lower left: ‘A cúÿp.’

Description

Bergachtig landschap. Links op de voorgrond twee ruiters, verder naar achteren een veehoeder en schapenherder met hun kuddes op een weg dat langs de ruïne van een kasteel loopt.

Creation

Artist

painter: Aelbert Cuyp (mentioned on object)

Dating

c. 1642 - c. 1645

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

Measurements

support: height 66.7 cm × width 91 cm × thickness 1.5 cm (support incl. protective backboard)
outer size: depth 9 cm (support incl. frame)

Subject

What

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Dupper Wzn. Bequest, Dordrecht

Acquisition

bequest 1870

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; collection Johannes Rombouts (1772-1850), Dordrecht;{J. Smith, _A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish and French Painters_, IX, London 1842, p. 652, no. 11; [P.L. Dubourcq], _Beschrijving der schilderijen op 's Rijks Museum te Amsterdam met fac simile der naamteekens_,coll. cat. 1870, pp. 222-23, no. XII.} his nephew, Leendert Dupper Willemsz (1799-1870), Dordrecht, 1850;{C. von Lützow, ‘Die vormals Dupper’sche Sammlung’, _Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst_ 5 (1870), pp. 227-30, esp. p. 228.} by whom bequeathed to the museum, as Frans Hals, with 63 other paintings, 12 April 1870{NHA, ARM, IS, inv. 30, nos. 123 (8 March 1870), 132 (25 April 1870, no. 245); NHA, ARM, Kop., inv. 39, pp. 62-63 (11 May 1870).}

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue, p. 183

Persistent URL

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