Jacob Gerritsz Cuyp
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Jacob Gerritszoon Cuyp (December 1594 – 1652) was a portrait and landscape painter. He was born and died in Dordrecht
, and was the half-brother of Benjamin Gerritsz Cuyp
and the father of the much more famous Aelbert Cuyp
.
According to Houbraken, he helped the painters Jacques de Claeuw
, Isaac van Hasselt, and Cornelis Tegelberg set up a Guild of Saint Luke
in Dordrecht
in 1642.
Dordrecht
Dordrecht , colloquially Dordt, historically in English named Dort, is a city and municipality in the western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. It is the fourth largest city of the province, having a population of 118,601 in 2009...
, and was the half-brother of Benjamin Gerritsz Cuyp
Benjamin Gerritsz Cuyp
Benjamin Gerritszoon Cuyp was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter.-Biography:According to Houbraken he was a pupil of his uncle, Jacob Gerritsz Cuyp, who taught him together with his son Aelbert Cuyp...
and the father of the much more famous Aelbert Cuyp
Aelbert Cuyp
Aelbert Jacobsz Cuyp was one of the leading Dutch landscape painters of the Dutch Golden Age in the 17th century. The most famous of a family of painters, the pupil of his father Jacob Gerritsz...
.
According to Houbraken, he helped the painters Jacques de Claeuw
Jacques de Claeuw
Jacques de Claeuw, or Grieff , was a Dutch Golden Age painter.-Biography:According to Houbraken, together with Jacob Gerritsz Cuyp, Isaac van Hasselt, and Cornelis Tegelberg, he helped separate the Dordrecht Guild of Saint Luke from the old Gild van de vyf Neringen in 1642.According to the RKD he...
, Isaac van Hasselt, and Cornelis Tegelberg set up a Guild of Saint Luke
Guild of Saint Luke
The Guild of Saint Luke was the most common name for a city guild for painters and other artists in early modern Europe, especially in the Low Countries. They were named in honor of the Evangelist Luke, the patron saint of artists, who was identified by John of Damascus as having painted the...
in Dordrecht
Dordrecht
Dordrecht , colloquially Dordt, historically in English named Dort, is a city and municipality in the western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. It is the fourth largest city of the province, having a population of 118,601 in 2009...
in 1642.