Frequently asked questions
Which size should I choose?
This work is available in 30 × 40 cm, 50 × 70 cm, 70 × 100 cm. As a guide: 30 × 40 cm (about 12 × 16 in) for shelves, corners or gallery walls; 50 × 70 cm (about 20 × 28 in) above a dresser, a headboard or a desk; 70 × 100 cm (about 28 × 39 in) as the centrepiece of a living room or the wall above the sofa. Below the buy buttons you can see it to scale above a 2-metre sofa.
Does it come framed?
The print arrives unframed with a white border, ready to frame. If you choose a black or oak frame, it arrives mounted behind acrylic glazing, ready to hang. Canvases come stretched on a wooden frame.
When will it arrive?
Printed to order at the lab closest to your address. It arrives in 4–8 working days in Spain and the EU, and in 6–12 working days in the US, Mexico and other destinations.
What if it arrives damaged?
Email us a photo within 30 days of delivery and we will send you a new one free of charge or refund you.
Can I send it as a gift?
Yes. At checkout you can write a gift message and ship it to the recipient's name and address. The parcel shows no prices.
About the work
- Artist
- Aelbert Cuyp
- Date
- 1650
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Collection
- Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
- Print up to
- 70 × 100 cm
- Reference
- XDV-0045
What the museum label doesn't tell you
Five cows standing knee-deep in the water, and only one bothers to drink. The rest just stand there, staring off with that particular bovine indifference nobody painted quite like Cuyp. The sky swallows three-quarters of the canvas, clouds heavier than the whole herd, yet all the warm light pools in that narrow golden strip where the animals wait. This was painted right before Cuyp left for the Rhineland, and the Rijksmuseum still uses it as the benchmark against which a similar work of his falls short. Does the calm here feel like a farewell, or am I reading too much into it?
