River Landscape with Sailboats. Artist: Aelbert Cuyp (Dutch, Dordrecht 1620-1691 Dordrecht). Dimensions: 4 3/4 x 7 5/16 in. (12.1 x 18.6 cm). Date: ca. 1640-42. A celebrated landscape painter in Dordrecht, Aelbert Cuyp found his subjects in and around his native environment, as well as elsewhere in the Netherlands, along the Rhine and the Meuse and around Cleve. Cuyp's drawings often combine chalk, watercolor, and gum arabic to enhance atmospheric effects and amplify space. Although not dated, this drawing calls to mind a series of river views sketched in the environs of Dordrecht in the 164

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