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| Artist | Attributed to manner of Cuyp, Aelbert (Dutch painter and draftsman, 1620-1691) |
| Previous attributions | Previously attributed to Cuyp, Aelbert (Dutch painter and draftsman, 1620-1691) |
| Title | The Rhine near Dordrecht |
| Alternative/previous titles | The Rhine near Dort |
| Date earliest | possibly about 1815 |
| Date latest | possibly about 1840 |
| Material | oil on panel (hardwood {oak}) |
| Measurements | 69.6 x 94.7 cm |
| Inscription | front ll 'A.Cuiip' |
| Description | Despite the signature 'A. Cuiip', it is unlikely that this painting is by the seventeenth-century master Aelbert Cuyp. Although its 'golden tones' and 'freedom of handling' appear to have convinced the donor of the painting and later critics, by 1930 the work had been recorded as a copy. Nonetheless, it does not attempt to duplicate a specific work but imitates the artist's general style. Seventeenth-century Dutch landscape painting witnessed a surge in popularity during the post-Napoleonic era, when this work was probably painted. Cuyp was perceived by some as the 'Dutch Claude Lorrain' and his paintings were highly sought-after. |
| Subject | marine; animal (horse); figure |
| Collection | Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum |
| Current accession number | 1899:1.39 |
| Previous accession number(s) | No. 40; No. 5; No. 382 |
| Acquisition details | Given by Charles, 3rd Baron de Ferrieres, 1898. |
| Principal publications | 'Municipal Art Galleries: Pictures in the De Ferrieres Gallery', Cheltenham Examiner, 1 November 1899; Wright, C., Old Master Paintings in Britain, London, 1976, p. 59, as by Aelbert Cuyp; Wright, C., Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museums, Baron de Ferrieres Collection: Catalogue of Foreign Paintings from the De Ferrieres Collection and Other Sources, Cheltenham, 1988, p. 59, as 19th century imitator of Aelbert Cuyp. |
| Notes | Correspondence from a Dutch visitor Mr Van Zeggeren, October 1984, claimed that the view is not Dordrecht but Delft. Listed in the Catalogue of the Pictures in the De Ferrieres Gallery, 1900, cat. no. 40, as by Aelbert Cuyp; in Herdman, D. W., Catalogue of Paintings, Etchings and Sculptures in the Permanent Collection, 1931, cat. no. 5, as copy after Aelbert Cuyp; and in Andrews, G., Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum Service: Fine Art Collection: Checklist Catalogue, 1979, cat. no. 352, as after Aelbert Cuyp. |
| Rights status | Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museums |
| Author | Dr Anne L. Cowe |
