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Description: | This painting was for many years attributed to Aelbert Cuyp, a painter from Dordrecht. The work is now believed to be by another hand but is of very high quality. The artist has chosen a low view point, typical of northern landscape painters. He has used a warm, slightly hazy light that he would have adopted from his Italianate colleagues and that changes a depiction of everyday life on a river into a scene of unique serenity and calm. The artist has used light and shade to create strong and defined silhouettes of the focal points of the painting, for example, the ship, probably an East Indiaman, and the fishing boat in the foreground, moored at right angles to it. Particularly noteworthy is the deft handling of the reflections of the boats on the water's surface and the buildings of the town in the distance, which are depicted in great detail. The town is not believed to be topographical. | Subjects: | figure; marine; townscape; everyday life | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Cuyp, Aelbert (Dutch painter and draftsman, 1620-1691) Æ Attributed to circle of Previously attributed to Cuyp, Aelbert (Dutch painter and draftsman, 1620-1691) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8865... | Go to resource |
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