Landscape with Cattle - Framed Print Color:Black Dordrecht 1756–1815 Dordrecht)

Dordrecht 1756–1815 Dordrecht)

fibrous paper—used to line carpets—that approximated both the textural qualities of canvas and the conventional half-tone gray or brown grounds on which painters traditionally applied their colors

yet his subject matter occasionally reflected Philadelphia’s scientific tradition

Artist: Thomas Waterman Wood (American

Landscape with Cattle - Framed Print Color:Black Dordrecht 1756–1815 Dordrecht)This impressive panel bears the signature of Aelbert Cuyp, and until recently was never doubted as his work. Cuyp's paintings were widely appreciated in the eighteenth century, and attracted a number of imitators. The most capable of them, Jacob van Strij, is very probably the author of this picture. Among the qualities that indicate an eighteenth century painter are the impasto treatment of the clouds, the simplified highlights, the saturated greens