River Landscape with Sailboats
Object type: Drawing
Department: Robert Lehman Collection
Artist: Aelbert Cuyp
Artist bio: Dutch, Dordrecht 1620–1691 Dordrecht
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Dutch
Date: ca. 1640–42
Medium: Black chalk and gray, yellow, and grayish green wash; traces of a colorless varnishlike substance (probably gum arabic) on the grayish green wash toward the right; brown framing lines at the top and bottom and dark brown framing lines at the sides.
Dimensions: 4 3/4 x 7 5/16 in.  (12.1 x 18.6 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession year: 1975
Tags: Rivers|Landscapes|Boats