# Soldiers Repairing Fortifications [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CUYP, Benjamin Gerritsz.]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 102 x 152 cm ## Commentary This painting is unusual in Cuyp’s oeuvre since he did not typically paint such extensive landscapes. It depicts a bustling crowd on the bank of a canal where the town's fortifications are under repair. On the right-hand side, an extensive landscape cluttered with the tents of the soldiers' encampment stretches away into the dusk. ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Shepherds]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds]() - [Feast with Freshly Slaughtered Meat]() - [Oriental Writer Cutting His Pen]() - [Peasants in the Tavern]() - [Soldiers Playing Dice and a Rider before a Supply Tent]() - [The Angel Is Opening Christ's Tomb]() - [The Satyr and the Peasant Family]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()