Aelbert Cuyp

The Maas at Dordrecht in a storm



Aelbert Cuyp - The Maas at Dordrecht in a storm



Aelbert Cuyp
The Maas at Dordrecht in a storm
c. 1648-50
49.8 x 74.4 cm
Oil on panel
Signed, bottom right: A. cùÿp
The National Gallery, London


Literature

Catalogues raisonnés
HdG 167, 636
Reiss 101

Collection catalogues
Neil MacLaren, revised and expanded by Christopher Brown, The Dutch school, 1600-1900, London, 1991, pp. 95-96, plate 82
Christopher Baker and Tom Henry, The National Gallery complete illustrated catalogue, London, 2001, p. 165

Literature
Ivan Gaskell, Seventeenth century Dutch and Flemish painting, London, 1990, p. 315, fig. 2
Paul Schnabel, Anders gekeken, Zwolle, 2021, fig. 109



Provenance

possibly the Earl of Halifax sale, London, 19 April 1782 (`View of Dordrecht in a Storm': sold to Nisbet for £67)
Bryan sale, London, 17-18 May 1798, nr. 1798, 'Cuyp: Thunderstorm: a grand and sublime effort of this great artist'
probably in the Baring collection, from which acquired by the Prince Regent
sent from Carlton House to Christie's on 26 May 1814
Anon. sale (Prince of Wales), Christie's, 29 June 1814, nr. 56, bought by Norton
said to have been in the collection of F. Jorden, on whose death in 1844 it was sold to T. Barber
T. Barber sale, Christie's, 5 May 1862, nr. 54
purchased by Peacock, from whose family bought by P. and D. Colnaghi
purchased from Colnaghi's by W.C. Alexander, 10 April 1886
passed by descent to the Misses Rachel F. and Jean I. Alexander
National Gallery, London, Alexander Gift, 1972
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External links

National Gallery, London Accession number NG6405

Other works by Aelbert Cuyp


Aelbert Cuyp Horsemen and herdsmen with cattle
Horsemen and herdsmen with cattle
late 1650s

Aelbert Cuyp River landscape with horseman and peasants
River landscape with horseman and peasants
c. 1660

Aelbert Cuyp Landscape with a view of the Valkhof, Nijmegen
Landscape with a view of the Valkhof, Nijmegen
late 1650s

Aelbert Cuyp River landscape with cows
River landscape with cows
c. 1648-50

Aelbert Cuyp Michiel and Cornelis Pompe van Meerdervoort with their tutor
Michiel and Cornelis Pompe van Meerdervoort with their tutor
c. 1652-53