Jacob Gerritszoon Cuyp (or Jacob Gerritsz. Cuijp; 1594 – 1652) was a portrait and landscape painter, best known for his portraits. He was born and died in

Dordrecht Dordrecht (), historically known in English as Dordt (still colloquially used in Dutch, ) or Dort, is a city and municipality in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. It is the province's fifth-largest city after R ...

, the son of the stained glass designer

Gerrit Gerritsz Cuyp Gerrit Gerritsz. Cuyp (or Cuijp; c.1565–1644) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and stained glass cartoon draughtsman. Biography According to the RKD he was born in Venlo and moved to Dordrecht before 19 January 1585, when he married and beca ...

, who moved to Dordrecht from

Venlo Venlo () is a city and municipality in the southeastern Netherlands, close to the border with Germany. It is situated in the province of Limburg, about 50 km east of the city of Eindhoven, 65 km north east of the provincial capital Maastricht, a ...

. He was the half-brother of Benjamin Gerritsz Cuyp and the father of the much more famous

Aelbert Cuyp Aelbert Jacobszoon Cuyp () (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 (1594–1651 ...

. He first painted still lifes, interiors with figures, and animals but later specialized in the pastoral landscapes for which he is famous. According to Houbraken, he helped the painters Jacques de Claeuw, Isaac van Hasselt, and Cornelis Tegelberg set up a

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in 1642.Jakob Gerretze Kuip
''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the

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. According to the RKD, he was a pupil of

Abraham Bloemaert Abraham Bloemaert (25 December 1566 – 27 January 1651) was a Dutch painter and printmaker in etching and engraving. He was initially working in the style of the " Haarlem Mannerists", but in the 16th century altered his style in line with the ...

Utrecht Utrecht ( , , ) is the fourth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, in the very centre of mainland Net ...

, and became a member of the Dordrecht Guild of St. Luke on 18 July 1617.Jacob Gerritsz Cuyp profile

RKD The Netherlands Institute for Art History or RKD (Dutch: RKD-Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis), previously Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD), is located in The Hague and is home to the largest art history center i ...

. Accessed 7 January 2023. He was treasurer in 1629, 1633, 1637 and 1641. He became the later teacher of the painters

Ferdinand Bol Ferdinand Bol (24 June 1616 – 24 August 1680) was a Dutch painter, etcher and draftsman. Although his surviving work is rare, it displays Rembrandt's influence; like his master, Bol favored historical subjects, portraits, numerous self-port ...

, Rafaël Govertsz Camphuysen,

, Benjamin Gerritsz Cuyp, Hendrik Dethier, Isaac van Duynen, Bastiaan Govertsz van der Leeuw, Paulus Lesire,

Aert van der Neer Aert van der Neer, or Aernout or Artus (c. 16039 November 1677), was a landscape painter of the Dutch Golden Age, specializing in small night scenes lit only by moonlight and fires, and snowy winter landscapes, both often looking down a canal ...

Pieter Hermansz Verelst Pieter Harmensz Verelst (c. 1618, Dordrecht – c. 1678 in Dordrecht or Hulst) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Three of his sons, Simon, Herman, and Johannes Verelst, also became painters. Biography Pieter Verelst was a pupil of Gerard Dou and ...

, and Ary Huybertsz Verveer.

References

* Murray, P. & L. (1997). ''The Penguin dictionary of art and artists'' (7th ed.). London: Penguin Books. .

External links

Artcylopedia entry

Works and literature on Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp
1594 births 1652 deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Artists from Dordrecht Painters from Dordrecht {{Netherlands-painter-stub