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Kicking Horse PMA(6)

Aelbert Cuyp Dutch (Active Dordrecht ) 1620 - 1691

Kicking Horse, ca. 1645-50

Oil on panel

The landscape in this painting is based on a study from nature, a view of the Dutch town of Dordrecht seen across an inlet of the Maas River. In stark contrast to the naturalism of the background, the kicking horse in the foreground is based not on a life study but on a bronze cast made by Kaspar Gras in 1630.

John G. Johnson Collection, 1917, cat 622

From the placard: Philadelphia_Museum_of_Art

Id 813

 

.https://www.philamuseum.org/

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aelbert_Cuyp

www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/aelbert-cuyp

www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/rijksstudio/artists/aelbert-cuyp

artuk.org/discover/artists/cuyp-aelbert-16201691

www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/artist-info.1202.html

 

 

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