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Sunlight in his paintings rakes across the panel, accentuating small bits of detail in the golden light.

In large, atmospheric panoramas of the countryside, the highlights on a blade of meadow grass, the mane of a tranquil horse, the horn of a dairy cow reclining by a stream, or the tip of a peasant's hat are all caught in a bath of yellow ocher light.

The richly varnished medium refracts the rays of light like a jewel as it dissolves into numerous glazed layers.

Cuyp's landscapes were based on reality and on his own invention of what an enchanting landscape should be.