The painting is a monumental representation of four cows, three at rest, and one standing during the milkmaid's work. In the background the skyline of Dordrecht (Dort) from the south-east is shown with the Grote Kerk and the Vuilpoort, a water gate, demolished around 1800).
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Aelbert_Cuyp" class="extiw" title="w:en:Aelbert Cuyp"><span title="Dutch landscape painter (1620-1691)">Aelbert Cuyp</span></a>
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circa 1650 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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