3 2 AELBERT CUYP SECT. 78. CUYP (?) SKETCHING IN A BOAT ON THE MAAS. The artist sits in a boat on the river, sketching, near the ruins of the Huis te Merwede. In the distance are the towers of Dordrecht. [Probably identical with 74.] In the possession of the London dealers, P. and D. Colnaghi, March 1896. 79. PORTRAIT OF CUYP'S WIFE, CORNELIA BOSMAN (who died in 1689). See Moes, Iconographia Satava, 948, No. 2. Saks. G. H. Bengough, London, 1859 (10, Graves). Bryant, London, 1865 (/zn, with Cuyp's portrait, 74^, Ensor). 80. Portrait of Cuyp's Mother. She is dressed in black, holds a book, and leans her arm on a table with a red cover. Panel, 12 inches by 9 inches. Sales. Heris, Brussels, June 19, 1846, No. 16. Heris of Brussels, Paris, April 19, 1856, No. lo (65 francs). 81. PORTRAIT OF BARENT PIETERSZ, CALLED GROOTEBROECK, AND HIS WIFE. Sm. Suppl. 49. They stand, dressed in black, under a fruit-tree to the left. The man holds his wife's right hand in his left, while he points with his cane to the right. Behind them to the left stands a young negro, holding a large parasol over their heads. Almost two-thirds of the picture, to the right, is filled with the landscape, showing the town of Batavia with the Dutch fleet at anchor. The persons were formerly identified as the Governor Pieter Both and his wife, but they have since been recognised by means of the ships' names. Barent Pietersz, called Grootebroeck, went from his native town of Hoorn to the Indies in 1619 and became director of trade there on August i, 1634. Canvas, 53 inches by 81 inches. Mentioned by Waagen (iii. 208). Bought from a private owner at Rotterdam, 1839, by Nieuwenhuys, for a very small sum, and sold the same year to Lord Northwick (500). Sales. Lord Northwick, Thirlestane House, Cheltenham, July 26, 1859, No. 1590 (966, Agnew). J. Hargreaves, London, 1873 (231, Agnew). R. Kirkman Hodgson, London, February 23, 1907, No. 64 (945, Dowdeswell). In the possession of Fr. Muller and Co., the Amsterdam dealers, who sold it to the Dutch Government (18,000 florins). In the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. 82. Portrait of the Lawyer De Roy. With his wife and two sons. The attribution to Cuyp is doubtful. See Moes, Iconographia Batava, 846. In the collection of C. P. Hoynck van Papendrecht, Amsterdam. In the Amstelkring Museum, Amsterdam, C. P. Hoynck bequest, 1892. 83. Landscape with the Alewijn Family. Sale. Baron Nagel, London, 1797 (105, Hope).
