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A boat on the right flies Dutch flags and in the centre mid-distance is a pont, a flat-bottomed ferry. It probably depicts a scene on the Maas, with the landing stage of Papendrecht from which the ferry ran to Dordrecht. Although the surface is now somewhat worn, the luminous atmospheric morning effects and shimmering highlights on the water are particularly fine. Cuyp’s command of such tonal gradations was unrivalled in Dutch landscape and the picture has been called one of the classic paintings of Cuyp’s early maturity.

The Wallace Collection

London

Title

The Ferry Boat

Date

early 1650s

Medium

oil on oak panel

Measurements

H 71.5 x W 89.7 cm

Accession number

P54

Acquisition method

acquired by Richard Seymour-Conway, 4th Marquess of Hertford, 1860; bequeathed to the nation by Lady Wallace, 1897

Work type

Painting

The Wallace Collection

Hertford House, Manchester Square, London, Greater London W1U 3BN England

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Artist or maker

Aelbert Cuyp

1620–1691

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