Piping Shepherds
Painting by Aelbert Cuyp
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| Artist | Aelbert Cuyp |
| Year | 1643-1644 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 90.8 cm × 119.4 cm (35.7 in × 47.0 in) |
| Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
Piping Shepherds is an oil-on-canvas painting created in 1643–44 by the Dutch artist Aelbert Cuyp. The work is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York.[1]
Description
The painting depicts two shepherds who are playing a tune on their instruments, enjoying a moment of leisure, with a third lying besides them. One of them, an older man, who is seated, plays the bagpipe, while the other, a child, standing, plays the flute. Two cows look at the scene, from the right, while their abandoned flock wanders nearby. In the foreground, a dog seems to remind them of their duty. A landscape, with the sea and a city visible, is seen at the left.[2]
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Aelbert Cuyp
- Piping Shepherds (c. 1643–1644)
- Cows in a River (1650)
- The Maas at Dordrecht (c. 1650)
- Equestrian Portrait of Cornelis and Michiel Pompe van Meerdervoort with Their Tutor and Coachman (c. 1652–1653)
- The Valkhof at Nijmegen (c. 1652–1654)
- River Landscape with Riders (c. 1653–1657)
- Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp (father and master)
- Benjamin Gerritsz Cuyp (cousin)
- Dutch Golden Age painting
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