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The vast sky and the distant windmill, water and trees are typical of Cuyp’s view of the Dutch landscape, but they are not painted with his attention to detail and feeling for character – both animal and human. The bunched-up figure with a stick looks out over the plain. He wears a scarlet jacket, giving the bright spark of colour that Cuyp would also have added to enliven the picture, though it has been dulled down by the very discoloured varnish. But the cows are realistically placid, one on watch, the others lying down.
Title
A Herdsman with Seven Cows by a River
Date
probably about 1750-1800
Medium
Oil on oak
Measurements
H 61.4 x W 90.8 cm
Accession number
NG2547
Acquisition method
Salting Bequest, 1910
Work type
Painting
