Benjamin Gerritszoon Cuyp or Cuijp (December 1612 – 28 August 1652) was a

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landscape painter.

Biography

Cuyp was born and died in

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, in the

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. According to

Arnold Houbraken Arnold Houbraken (28 March 1660 – 14 October 1719) was a Dutch people, Dutch Painting, painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters. Life Houbraken was sent first to learn ''threadt ...

, he was a pupil of his uncle (

Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp Jacob Gerritszoon Cuyp or Cuijp (1594–1652) was a portrait and landscape painter, best known for his portraits. He was born and died in Dordrecht, the son of the stained glass designer Gerrit Gerritsz. Cuyp, who moved to Dordrecht from Ven ...

) who taught him together with his son, (Benjamin's cousin)

Aelbert Cuyp Aelbert Jacobszoon Cuyp or Cuijp (; 20 October 1620 – 15 November 1691) was one of the leading Dutch Golden Age painters, producing mainly landscapes. The most famous of a family of painters, the pupil of his father, Jacob Gerritszoon Cuyp (1 ...

. Houbraken felt Aelbert had neater brush strokes and Benjamin showed the rough approach of his teacher. However according to the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD), Houbraken was mistaken about the family; where in actuality Benjamin and Jacob were both born in Dordrecht as the sons of a glasspainter from

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named Gerrit Gerritsz. Cuyp. Benjamin learned to paint from his older half-brother, Jacob Cuyp. He was therefore the uncle, not the cousin, of the much more famous Aelbert Cuyp. He is known for allegorical pieces, genre works, beach scenes, military scenes, and landscapes. He influenced

Barent van Kalraet Barent van Kalraet, or Barent Pietersz Calraat (16 August 1649 – 9 February 1737) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and the younger brother of Abraham Calraet. Biography Van Kalraet was born and died in Dordrecht. He learned to paint from his br ...

, and was followed by Maerten Fransz van der Hulst. While his Baroque painting styles seems to have been influenced by

Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (; ; 15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), mononymously known as Rembrandt was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker, and Drawing, draughtsman. He is generally considered one of the greatest visual artists in ...

’s dramatic use of

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Works

* ''Joseph interpreting the dreams of the baker and the butler'', Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam * ''The Entombment'', Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam * ''Interior of a peasant cottage'', Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam * ''Saul and the Witch of Endor evoking the ghost of Samuel'', Charles de Bruyeres Museum,

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, France

Gallery

File:Benjamin Cuyp Joseph interpreting dreams 1630-1652.jpg, alt=, ''Interpreting Dreams'' File:Benjamin Gerritsz Cuyp - Peasants dancing and drinking outside an inn.jpg, alt=, ''Peasants Dancing and Drinking Outside an Inn'' File:Benjamin Gerritsz. Cuyp - Adoration of the Shepherds - WGA5847.jpg, alt=, ''Adoration of the Shepherds'' File:Aelbert Cuyp 006.jpg, alt=, ''Moment of Rest in the Camp'' File:Benjamin-Gerritsz. Cuyp - The Annunciation to the Shepherds - BF.1977.7 - Museum of Fine Arts.jpg, alt=, ''The Annunciation to the Shepherds''

Notes

References

External links

* Others works available in his page in the

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