River Landscape with Cows, Aelbert Cuyp, c. 1645 - c. 1650

…; collection William Evans (1807-1881), Crumpsall Grange, Lancaster, first half of the 19th century;{According to the dealer E. Speelman in a letter of 17 March 1959 to the museum, RMA Archive; [A. van Schendel], Catalogue of Paintings Rijksmuseum Amsterdam_coll. cat. 1960, p. 80.} by descent to his grandson, Murland de Grasse Evans (1874-1946), 2nd Baronet of Tubbendeny;{According to the dealer E. Speelman in a letter of 17 March 1959 to the museum, RMA Archive; [A. van Schendel], Catalogue of Paintings Rijksmuseum Amsterdam_coll. cat. 1960, p. 80; A. Chong, _Aelbert Cuyp and the Meaning of Landscape_, diss. New York University 1992, p. 461.}…; from the dealer E. Speelman, London, £12,500, to the museum, with the support of the Jubileumfonds, 1959

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