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Landscape with Cattle (SK-C-162)
Landscape with Cattle (SK-C-162) is an oil painting by the Dutch Golden Age artist Albert Klomp. It dates from 1650 and is held in the collection of the Rijksmuseum.
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Technique & Style
Its formal qualities include a balanced spatial arrangement and a muted tonal palette that foregrounds atmospheric depth.
Landscape with Cattle (SK-C-162), painted by Albert Klomp in 1650, is an oil painting executed on canvas. The work measures 27 cm in height and 35 cm in width and exemplifies the Dutch landscape genre of the 17th century, characterized by a naturalistic handling of light and a restrained compositional structure. Its formal qualities include a balanced spatial arrangement and a muted tonal palette that foregrounds atmospheric depth.
History & Provenance
Landscape with Cattle was painted by Albert Klomp in 1650, executed in oil on canvas. The work passed through the collection of Adriaan van der Hoop, a noted nineteenth-century Dutch collector. It subsequently entered the holdings of both the Rijksmuseum and the Amsterdam Museum, where it is jointly located.
Landscape with Cattle is held by the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, where it is catalogued under the inventory number SK-C-162. According to the Wikidata entry, the painting is associated with both the Rijksmuseum and the Amsterdam Museum collections, and was formerly owned by Adriaan van der Hoop, the nineteenth-century Dutch collector whose holdings formed a significant part of the museum's early acquisitions.
No exhibition history is documented in the available sources.
Overview
Landscape with Cattle is a 17th-century oil painting by Albert Klomp, a Dutch artist known for his pastoral scenes featuring animals.
Subject & Meaning
The painting depicts a serene countryside scene with cows in a grassy field, accompanied by a figure in simple dress, set against a backdrop of trees and a small building.
Context
Klomp's work is often compared to that of Paulus Potter, and his compositions typically feature cattle in natural settings, reflecting his specialization in pastoral landscapes.
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Artist
Albert Jansz. Klomp or Albert Klomp (Amsterdam, Baptized 11 March 1625 - earliest 20 December 1688) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, who specialized in painting rural landscapes with animals. Klomp's typical pastoral…
