Cows in a River is an oil on canvas painting of 1650 by the Dutch Golden Age artist Aelbert Cuyp.

Cows in a River
Artist	Aelbert Cuyp
Year	1650
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	59 cm × 7 cm (23 in × 2.8 in)
Location	Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

It depicts frequent subjects of Cuyp's, cows, and was painted prior to the artist's decamping for Rhineland. The painting shows a group of five cows near the margin of a river, from which only one appears drinking. Several boats are seen, at the right, in the distance. The cloudy sky shows also several birds in their flight.[1]

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