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

Holding Institution
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Document ID
MET-14.40.616
Description

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

Document Date
1655

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.

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