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Hendrikus van der Sande Bakhuyzen (1795-1860), River view with cattle and figures and the city of Dordrecht in the distance - Hendrikus van der Sande Bakhuyzen (1795-1860), River view with cattle and figures and the city of Dordrecht in the distance Signed 'S: Bakhuyzen' in lower left and dated 1843 [on the fence]. This painting is among the best compositions by landscape and cattle-view painter Hendrikus van de Sande Bakhuyzen. Here, Van de Sande Bakhuyzen places himself in the tradition of illustrious predecessors from the Golden Age such as Paulus Potter (1625-1654) and Aelbert Cuyp (1620-1691). In this composition, Hendrikus shows that he was able to match them during the 19th-century period of Romanticism with a composition of his own painting technique and even excelled in detail. The cattle and figures are rendered true to life. Oil on canvas, 75.2 x 100.4 cm (frame: 93 x 118 cm).