# Young Herdsman with Cows [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CUYP, Aelbert]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 112 x 132 cm ## Commentary In this painting the strong horizontal of the standing cow is echoed in the hazy distance of the rolling country and lends firmness and structure to the whole design. As in Rembrandt's mature phase, which is approximately contemporaneous, this landscape shows classical elements which strengthen the compositional power. Horizontals and verticals are coordinated with the Baroque diagonals, which are still alive and help to create a mighty spaciousness. The atmospheric quality is as important as ever in uniting the whole impression. Light breaks now with greater intensity through the clouds and the clouds themselves gain in substance and volume. The sky forms a gigantic vault above the earth. ## Related artworks - [A Road near a River]() - [Children and a Cow]() - [Domestic Fowl]() - [Dordrecht Harbour by Moonlight]() - [Evening Landscape with Horsemen and Shepherds]() - [Grey Horse in a Landscape]() - [Herdsman with Cows by a River]() - [Herdsmen with Cows]() - [Landscape near Rhenen]() - [Landscape]() - [Landscape with a Hunt]() - [Landscape with a Timber Yard near Dordrecht]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()