Aelbert Cuyp

Equestrian Portrait of Pieter de Roovere (1602-1652)

Aelbert Cuyp  Ruiterportret van Pieter de Roovere (1602- 1652)
Aelbert Cuyp  Ruiterportret van Pieter de Roovere (1602- 1652)
Aelbert Cuyp  Ruiterportret van Pieter de Roovere (1602- 1652)
Aelbert Cuyp  Ruiterportret van Pieter de Roovere (1602- 1652)
Aelbert Cuyp  Ruiterportret van Pieter de Roovere (1602- 1652)

Aelbert Cuyp
Equestrian Portrait of Pieter de Roovere (1602-1652)

c. 1650 展示場所 室 12

Pieter de Roovere, Lord of Hardinxveld, is sitting high on his horse, pointing with his whip to the salmon the fisherman is showing him. In the background, his men are salmon fishing – the main source of income in the village of Hardinxveld. The sky is dark, but there is still a strip of golden sunlight to be seen on the horizon.

Cuyp, who worked in the neighbouring town of Dordrecht, chose a remarkably low vantage point here, making De Roovere tower above us and emphasising his impressive appearance.

技法の詳細
Aelbert Cuyp  Ruiterportret van Pieter de Roovere (1602- 1652)

Aelbert Cuyp
Equestrian Portrait of Pieter de Roovere (1602-1652)

c. 1650 展示場所 室 12

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詳細

一般情報
Aelbert Cuyp (Dordrecht 1620 - 1691 Dordrecht)
Equestrian Portrait of Pieter de Roovere (1602-1652)
c. 1650
painting
25
室 12
材料と技法の詳細
oil
canvas
123.5 x 154 cm
刻印
lower left: A. cuijp

起源

Probably Pieter de Roovere, Dordrecht; (?) Sophia van Beveren, widow of De Roovere, Dordrecht, 1652-1682; (?) Pompejus de Roovere, Dordrecht, 1682-1723; (?) Cornelia de Roovere, Dordrecht, 1723-1727; (?) Cornelia Everwijn, Dordrecht, 1727-1768; (?) Hugo Repelaer, Dordrecht, 1768-1804; Ocker Repelaer van Driel, Dordrecht, 1804-1820 (sold in 1820 to Johan Steengracht van Oostkapelle, Director of the Royal Picture Gallery, for 1100 guilders); purchased, 1820; Royal Picture Gallery, housed in the Prince William V Gallery, The Hague, 1820; transferred to the Mauritshuis, 1822