From a quintessential local painter Cuyp became an English favourite and the ultimate Country House Dutch artist. The Passage Boat was bought by the Prince-Regent, the later King George IV, in 1814 at the hight of the Cuyp craze.
Aelbert Cuyp, The Passage Boat, c. 1650, Canvas, 124 x 144.4 cm, The Royal Collection / HM Queen Elizabeth II