Travelers in Hilly Countryside (c. 1650): Art, History and Details

Travelers in Hilly Countryside (c. 1650) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Aelbert Cuyp (Dutch, 1620–1691).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

While many Dutch painters focused on depicting the local countryside, others were inspired by the hilly topography, golden sunlight, and picturesque monuments of Italy. Although Aelbert Cuyp never visited Italy, this serene and beautifully preserved panel demonstrates his skill in evoking the idyllic qualities of a distant land.

Object facts

• Title: Travelers in Hilly Countryside
• Date: c. 1650
• Creator attribution: Aelbert Cuyp (Dutch, 1620–1691)
• Culture: Netherlands
• Type: Painting
• Technique: oil on wood
• Dimensions: Framed: 70.8 x 96.6 x 9 cm (27 7/8 x 38 1/16 x 3 9/16 in.); Unframed: 48 x 74.5 cm (18 7/8 x 29 5/16 in.)
• Collection: P - Netherlandish-Dutch
• Department: European Painting and Sculpture
• Accession number: 1942.637

A detail from the museum

Small dabs of white paint suggest the reflective shimmer of the sun on the landscape.

Collection credit

Bequest of John L. Severance

Further reading listed by the museum

• Smith, John. A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish and French Painters; In Which Is Included a Short Biographical Notice of the Artists, with a Copious Description of Their Principal Pictures; a Statement of the Prices at Which Such Pictures Have Been Sold at Public Sales on the Continent and in England; a Reference to the Galleries and Private Collections, in Which a Large Portion Are at Present; and the Names of the Artists by Whom They Have Been Engraved; to Which Is Added, a Brief Notice of the Scholars & Imitators of the Great Masters of the Above Schools. London, United Kingdom: Smith and Son, 1829.
• Smith, John. A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish and French Painters. London, United Kingdom: Smith and Son, 1842.

View the collection record

See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.