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Cows and herdboy, after Aelbert Cuyp

Drawing
ca. 1818 (made)
Artist/Maker
Constable, John (RA) (artist)
Place of origin
England (made)

Page from a sketch book. Sketch of a man with four cows.

Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
TitleCows and herdboy, after Aelbert Cuyp (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil drawing
Brief description
Drawing of cows by John Constable, after Cuyp, ca. 1818.
Physical description
Page from a sketch book. Sketch of a man with four cows.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.2cm
  • Width: 12.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
Copy from Cuype by J. Constable. (Inscribed on the back in pencil. This inscription is possibly in the artist's hand as far as J.C but the name Constable appears to have been completed by another hand.)
Credit line
Given by Isabel Constable, daughter of the artist
Historical context
In 1818 Constable exhibited at the Royal Academy four landscapes and two drawings, one of the latter being entitled 'Elms' (Probably No. 162 [320-1891] in this Catalogue)

[G Reynolds, 1973, p. 119]
Subject depicted
Cows
Bibliographic references
  • Gray, Anne and John Gage, Constable: impressions of land, sea and sky, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2006
  • Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 119, 121
  • pp. 144-5 In the light of Cuyp : Aelbert Cuyp & Gainsborough, Constable, Turner with contributions from David Blayney Brown, John Chu, Mark Evans, Rieke van Leeuwen, Quirine van der Meer Mohr, Sandre Paarlberg and others ; edited by Marlies Enklaar & Sander Paarlberg. Zwolle : WBOOKS 2021. 9789462584570. Published to accompany an exhibition held at Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht, 3 October 2021 - 6 March 2022.
Other number
170, pl. 135 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
307-1888

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Record createdOctober 26, 2006
Record URL
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