Jacob Gerritszoon Cuyp
(1594–1652) Dutch Golden Age painter (1594–1652)
Jacob Gerritszoon Cuyp (1594–1652) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Jacob Gerritszoon Cuyp belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.
Jacob Gerritszoon Cuyp was born in Dordrecht and died in Dordrecht. Jacob Gerritszoon Cuyp studied under Abraham Bloemaert. Jacob Gerritszoon Cuyp worked in Utrecht and Dordrecht. Wikidata associates Jacob Gerritszoon Cuyp with Baroque and Utrecht Caravaggism. Jacob Gerritszoon Cuyp became a member of Dordrecht Guild of St. Luke. The students included Ferdinand Bol and Paulus Lesire.
The best-known works include ‘Portrait of Margaretha de Geer (1585-1672)’ and ‘The shepherdess’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 65 works by Jacob Gerritszoon Cuyp with free images. The dated works span the years 1615–1651. Works by Jacob Gerritszoon Cuyp are held by several collections, among them Dordrechts Museum, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, National Gallery of Ireland, and Gemäldegalerie.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Artemisia Gentileschi, Wouter, II Crabeth, François Perrier, Antoon Sallaert, and Carlo Ridolfi.