Artist: Aelbert Jacobsz Cuyp (Dutch, 1620-1691).
Medium: Antique etching on wove paper after the original oil on oak by master etcher Alfred Louis Brunet Debaines, (French,1845-1939).
Signature: Signed in the plate, lower left.
Dimensions: Image Size 6 1/4 x 9 3/8 inches
Framed Dimensions: Approximately 15 x 18 inches
Framing: This piece has been professionally matted and framed using all new materials.
Ubbergen is near Nijmegen in the Province of Gelderland. The castle, which had long been a ruin, was pulled down in 1712. Because of its partial destruction during the Spanish occupation in 1582, the 14th-century castle was seen by the Dutch as a national symbol. Thus Cuyp’s luminous depiction of the building may well have evoked patriotic feelings in contemporary viewers.