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Aelbert Cuyp - Equestrian Portrait of Cornelis (1639–1680) and Michiel Pompe van Meerdervoort (1638–1653) with Their Tutor and Coachman
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Aelbert Cuyp

Aelbert Jacobsz. Cuyp 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 Gerritsz. Cuyp (1594–1651/52), he is especially known for his large views of Dutch riverside scenes in a golden early morning or late afternoon light.

Cuyp was born in Dordrecht on 20 October 1620, and died there on 15 November 1691. Known as the Dutch equivalent of Claude Lorrain, he inherited a considerable fortune. His family were all artists, with his uncle Benjamin and grandfather Gerrit being stained glass cartoon designers. Jacob Gerritsz Cuyp, his father, was a portraitist. Cuyp's father was his first teacher and they collaborated on many paintings throughout his lifetime.

Little is known about Aelbert Cuyp's life. Even Arnold Houbraken, a noted historian of Dutch Golden Age paintings and the sole authority on Cuyp for the hundred years following his death, paints a very thin biographical picture. His period of activity as a painter is traditionally limited to the two decades between 1639 and 1660, fitting within the generally accepted limits of the Dutch Golden Age's most significant period, 1640–1665. He is known to have been married to Cornelia Bosman in 1658, a date coinciding so directly with the end of his productivity as a painter that it has been accepted that his marriage played a role in the end of his artistic career. The year after his marriage Cuyp became the deacon of the reformed church. Houbraken recalled that Cuyp was a devout Calvinist and the fact that when he died, there were no paintings of other artists found in his home.

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Portrait of a Girl with Peaches

Portrait of a Girl with Peaches

Aelbert Cuyp (Dutch, 1620-1691)
Young Herdsmen with Cows

Young Herdsmen with Cows (ca. 1655–60)

Aelbert Cuyp (Dutch, 1620-1691)
Cattle in a Dutch Arcadian Landscape

Cattle in a Dutch Arcadian Landscape

Aelbert Cuyp (Dutch, 1620-1691)
Herdsmen with Cows

Herdsmen with Cows

Aelbert Cuyp (Dutch, 1620-1691)
View on a Plain

View on a Plain

Aelbert Cuyp (Dutch, 1620-1691)
View of IJsselmonde Seen Across the New Maas

View of IJsselmonde Seen Across the New Maas (c. 1640)

Aelbert Cuyp (Dutch, 1620-1691)
Portrait Of A One-Year-Old Girl Of The Van Der Burch Family

Portrait Of A One-Year-Old Girl Of The Van Der Burch Family

Aelbert Cuyp (Dutch, 1620-1691)
River Landscape with Cows

River Landscape with Cows (1640 - 1650)

Aelbert Cuyp (Dutch, 1620-1691)
The Flight into Egypt

The Flight into Egypt (circa 1655)

Aelbert Cuyp (Dutch, 1620-1691)
A View of Vianen with a Herdsman and Cattle by a River

A View of Vianen with a Herdsman and Cattle by a River (c. 1643)

Aelbert Cuyp (Dutch, 1620-1691)
Interior of a Cowshed

Interior of a Cowshed

Aelbert Cuyp (Dutch, 1620-1691)
Shipping on the Maas, Dordrecht

Shipping on the Maas, Dordrecht (early 1650s)

Aelbert Cuyp (Dutch, 1620-1691)
The Avenue at Meerdervoort

The Avenue at Meerdervoort (early 1650s)

Aelbert Cuyp (Dutch, 1620-1691)
Tasting the Wine

Tasting the Wine (1640 - 1650)

Aelbert Cuyp (Dutch, 1620-1691)
Travelers in Hilly Countryside

Travelers in Hilly Countryside (c. 1650)

Aelbert Cuyp (Dutch, 1620-1691)
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