Document: Young Herdsmen with Cows, Aelbert Cuyp, 1655-60

Holding Institution
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Description

 

Young Herdsmen with Cows, Aelbert Cuyp, ca. 1655–60

Document Date
1655-00-00

Young Herdsmen and Cows Albert Cuyp 1655

Translation
Translation

Dutch painters and Dutch culture revered the image of cows in a natural landscape as a symbol of peace and prosperity.  

Oil on canvas.

Object Number: 14.40.616

References

Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Object Number: 14.40.616

Document Location
Document Finding Aid or Collection
MET - Paintings, Drawings, Objects
Link
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436064