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Travelers in Hilly Countryside

c. 1650

Aelbert Cuyp

(Dutch, 1620–1691)

Netherlands, 17th century

Oil on wood

Framed: 70.8 x 96.6 x 9 cm (27 7/8 x 38 1/16 x 3 9/16 in.); Unframed: 48 x 74.5 cm (18 7/8 x 29 5/16 in.)

Bequest of John L. Severance 1942.637

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213 Dutch Painting

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Small dabs of white paint suggest the reflective shimmer of the sun on the landscape.

Description

While many Dutch painters focused on depicting the local countryside, others were inspired by the hilly topography, golden sunlight, and picturesque monuments of Italy. Although Aelbert Cuyp never visited Italy, this serene and beautifully preserved panel demonstrates his skill in evoking the idyllic qualities of a distant land.

Inscriptions

Inscription

Signed lower right: "A cuyp"

Provenance

Johan van der Linden van Slingeland, Dordrecht (sale:Yver, Dordrecht, August 22, 1785, no. 87);

Sir Simon Clarke, London (sale: Christie's, London, May 14, 1802);

George Hibbert, London (sale: Christie's, London, June 13,1829, no. 66);

Richard Foster, London (sale: Christie's, November 14, 1835);

Henry Bevan, London, 1842;

Sir John Dean Paul (grandson of Henry Bevan); [A. Wertheimer, London];

Alfred de Rothschild, London;

[Galerie Charles Brunner, Paris, 1912, no. 7];

John L. Severance, Cleveland, 1923, upon his death, held in trust by the estate

Estate of John L. Severance, 1936, by bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942.

Citations

Smith, John. A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish and French Painters; In Which Is Included a Short Biographical Notice of the Artists, with a Copious Description of Their Principal Pictures; a Statement of the Prices at Which Such Pictures Have Been Sold at Public Sales on the Continent and in England; a Reference to the Galleries and Private Collections, in Which a Large Portion Are at Present; and the Names of the Artists by Whom They Have Been Engraved; to Which Is Added, a Brief Notice of the Scholars & Imitators of the Great Masters of the Above Schools. London, United Kingdom: Smith and Son, 1829. Reproduced: p. 294, no. 27

Smith, John. A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish and French Painters. London, United Kingdom: Smith and Son, 1842. Reproduced: p. 667, no. 56; vol. 9

Hofstede de Groot, C. P. A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century. London, United Kingdom: Macmillan and Co, 1908. Reproduced: vol 2, p. 143, no. 465

Graves, Algernon. Century of Loan Exhibitions 1813-1912. London: Graves, 1913. Mentioned: vol. 1, p. 240

Cleveland Museum of Art. Catalogue of the Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition of the Cleveland Museum of Art: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition : June Twenty-Sixth to October Fourth 1936. [Cleveland, Ohio]: [Cleveland Museum of Art], 1936. Referenced: cat. no. 214, p. 87

Stechow, Wolfgang. Dutch Painting in the Seventeenth Century. Providence, R.I.: Rhode Island Museum Press, 1938. Reproduced: p. 161-162, fig. 326

Catalogue of the John L. Severance Collection: Bequest of John L. Severance, 1936. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942. Reproduced: p. [14], Plate IV, cat. no. 3; Mention: p. 21, cat. no. 3 archive.org

Francis, Henry S. "Bequest of John L. Severance, 1936." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art XXIX, no. 9 (November, 1942) 132-136. Mentioned: p. 136

Coe, Nancy. The History of the Collecting of European Paintings and Drawings in the City of Cleveland. Thesis M.A. Oberlin College 1955. Reproduced: p. 230-231, vol 2

The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 445 archive.org

Gerson, Horst. "Italy Through Dutch Eyes." The Art Quarterly XXVII, no. 3 (1964): 342-353. Reproduced: p. 347, fig. 4

University of Michigan. Italy Through Dutch Eyes; Dutch Seventeenth Century Landscape Artists in Italy. 1964. Mentioned: cat. no. 29, Reproduced: pl. XII

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 127 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 127 archive.org

Mauritshuis (Hague, Netherlands). Vijfentwintig jaar aanwinsten Mauritshuis, 1945-1970. 1970. Reproduced: no. 47

Steinborn, Bożena. Katalog zbiorów malarstwa niderlandzkiego. Wroclaw, Poland, 1973. Reproduced: p. 34, no. 11

Reiss, Stephen. Aelbert Cuyp. Boston, MA: New York Graphic Society, 1975. Reproduced: p. 79, no. 46, colorplate VI

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 161 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982. Mentioned: p. 227-228; Reproduced: p. 228

"Visions of Landscape East and West." Asia Vol. 4, No. 5 (January/February 1982): pp. 24-29. Reproduced: p. 25

Wheelock, Arthur K., Jr.,ed..Aelbert Cuyp. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2001. Reproduced: p. 141

Paintings in the Cleveland Museum of Art: Picture Book No. 4 . [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1952. Reproduced: p. 29 archive.org

Exhibition history

Figures Going to Market. British Institution, London, United Kingdom (1818).

The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 26-October 4, 1936).

Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 12, 1942-March 14, 1943).

Exhibition of the Month: The Rise of the Landscape in Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 9-September 26, 1948).

Dutch Painting, The Golden Age. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-February 27, 1955).

Art: The International Language. The Cleveland Museum of Art (October 2-November 4, 1956).

Italy Through Dutch Eyes. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI (organizer) (April 15-May 24, 1964).

Dutch Art and Life in the Seventeenth Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 10-September 2, 1973).

Visions of Landscape: East and West. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982).

Aelbert Cuyp. National Gallery of Art, Landover, MD (organizer) (October 7, 2001-January 13, 2002); National Gallery, London, London WC2N 5DN (February 13-May 12, 2002); Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands (June 7-September 1, 2002).

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