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image of The Maas at Dordrecht Aelbert Cuyp (artist)
Dutch, 1620 - 1691
The Maas at Dordrecht, c. 1650
oil on canvas
overall: 114.9 x 170.2 cm (45 1/4 x 67 in.) framed: 151.1 x 205.1 x 15.2 cm (59 1/2 x 80 3/4 x 6 in.)
Andrew W. Mellon Collection
1940.2.1
On View
From the Tour: Dutch Still Lifes and Landscapes of the 1600s
Object 2 of 8
1752Hoet, Gerard. Catalogus of Naamlyst van Schilderijen.... 2 vols. The Hague, 1752: 2:490 (supplement by Pieter Terwesten, 1770; reprint ed. Soest, 1976).
1753Descamps, Jean Baptiste. La Vie des peintures flammands, allemands et hollandais. 4 vols. Paris, 1753-1765: 2(1754):80.
1824Buchanan, William. Memoirs of Painting. 2 vols. London, 1824: 2:192, no. 10.
1829Smith, John. A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish and French Painters. 9 vols. London, 1829-1842: 5(1834):311, no. 98.
1854Jervis, Lady Jervis White. Painting and Celebrated Painters, Ancient and Modern. 2 vols. London, 1854: 2:217, 326.
1854Waagen, Gustav Friedrich. Treasures of Art in Great Britain: Being an Account of the Chief Collections of Paintings, Drawings, Sculptures, Illustrated Mss, etc. etc. 4 vols. London, 1854: 2:316.
1884Veth, G. H. "Aelbert Cuyp, Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp en Benjamin Cuyp." Oud Holland 2 (1884): 284, no. 70.
1891Cundall, Frank. The Landscape and Pastoral Painters of Holland: Ruisdael, Hobbema, Cuijp, Potter. London, 1891: 96-97, 163.
1907Hofstede de Groot, Cornelis. A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century.... 8 vols., translated from the German edition. London, 1907-1917: 2(1909):15-16, no. 28.
1925Washburn Freund, F. E. "Eine Ausstellung niederländischer Malerei in Detroit." Der Cicerone 17 (1925), pt. 1: 460-464.
1928"America Lends Dutch Paintings to London Show." Art News 27 (29 December 1928): 1, 12-14.
1929Rutter, Frank. "Notes from Abroad." International Studio 92 (1929): 64-66.
1929Zwartendijk, J. "Wijzigingen in onzen smaak. Naar aanleiding van de tentoonstelling van Hollandsche kunst, te London gehouden." Elsevier's Geïllustreerd Maandschrift 39 (1929): 385-393, repro.
1929Gibson, William. "The Dutch Exhibition at Burlington House." Apollo 9 (January 1929): 1-12, 81-94, repro.
1929Borenius, Tancred. "Die holländische Ausstellung in London." Pantheon 3 (February-March 1929): 57-64.
1929Martin, Wilhelm. "Last Words on the Dutch Exhibition." Connoisseur 83 (1929): 131-142.
1929Martin, Wilhelm. "Die holländische Ausstellung in London." Der Kunstwanderer 10 (1929): 199-202, 299-303.
1929Bauch, Kurt. "Ausstellung holländischer Kunst von 1450-1900 in London." Zeitschrift für Bildende Kunst 63 (1929): 9-23.
1930Schneider, Hans. "Aelbert Cuyp: The Maas near Dordrecht." In Unknown Masterpieces in Public and Private Collections. Wilhelm R. Valentiner, ed. London, 1930: no. 57, repro.
1936Hennus, M. F. "Tentoonstelling oude kunst uit het bezit van den internationalen handel." Maandblad voor beeldende kunsten 13 (1936): 219-253.
1941Preliminary Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1941: 51.
1941Duveen 1941, fig. 209.
1942Book of Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 249, repro. 23.
1949Paintings and Sculpture from the Mellon Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1949 (reprinted 1953 and 1958): 97, repro.
1952Cairns, Huntington, and John Walker, eds., Great Paintings from the National Gallery of Art. New York, 1952: 104, color repro.
1960Baird, Thomas P. Dutch Painting in the National Gallery of Art. Washington, D.C., 1960 (Booklet Number Seven in Ten Schools of Painting in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.): 20, color repro.
1961Reitlinger, Gerald. The Economics of Taste: The Rise and Fall of Picture Prices, 1760-1960. 3 vols. London, 1961-1970: 2:204 (also 3 vols., New York, 1982: 2:204).
1963Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. New York, 1963 (reprinted 1964 in French, German, and Spanish): 196, repro.
1965Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 35.
1966Cairns, Huntington, and John Walker, eds., A Pageant of Painting from the National Gallery of Art. 2 vols. New York, 1966: 1:244, color repro.
1966Stechow, Wolfgang. Dutch Landscape Painting of the Seventeenth Century. National Gallery of Art Kress Foundation Studies in the History of European Art, no. 1. London, 1966: 119, fig. 237.
1968European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 29, repro.
1973Bol, Laurens J. Die holländische Marinemalerei des 17. Jahrhunderts. Braunschweig, 1973: 268-269, fig. 271.
1975Reiss, Stephen. Aelbert Cuyp. Boston, 1975: 143, no. 104, repro., 204, 212.
1975Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York, 1975: 296-297, repro.
1975European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 90, repro.
1977Butlin, Marin, and Evelyn Joll. The Paintings of J.M.W. Turner. 2 vols. New Haven and London, 1977: 2:92 (also rev. ed. 1984: 104).
1978Reiss, Stephen. "The Old Guardhouse by Aelbert Cuyp." The Burlington Magazine 120 (February 1978): 88, note 12.
1979Watson, Ross. National Gallery of Art. London, 1979: 79, pl. 66, color repro.
1984Wheelock, Jr., Arthur K. Dutch Painting in the National Gallery of Art. Washington, D.C., 1984: 22-23, repro.
1984Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 297, no. 392, color repro.
1985European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 109, repro.
1986Sutton, Peter C. A Guide to Dutch Art in America. Grand Rapids and Kampen, 1986: 306.
1990Russell, Margarita. "Aelbert Cuyp. The Maas at Dordrecht: The Great Assembly of the Dutch Armed Forces, June-July 1646." Dutch Crossing 40 (1990): 31-82.
1991Kopper, Philip. America's National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation. New York, 1991: 156, 158, color repro.
1992Chong, Alan. Aelbert Cuyp and the Meanings of Landscape. Ph.D. diss., New York University, 1992: 409, no. 161.
1992National Gallery of Art, Washington. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 129, repro.
1995Stokstad, Marilyn. Art History, New York, 1995, p. 793, no. 19-52, repro. (Rev. ed. 1999: 792, fig. 19-49, repro.)
1995Wheelock, Jr., Arthur K. Dutch Paintings of the Seventeenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1995: 36-43, color repro. 39.
2004Hand, John Oliver. National Gallery of Art: Master Paintings from the Collection. Washington and New York, 2004: 184-185, no. 145, color repro.
2005Stokstad, Marilyn. Art History. Rev. 2nd ed., combined volume. Upper Saddle River, 2005: 773, color fig. 19.60.

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