Benjamin Gerritsz. Cuyp

Benjamin Gerritszoon[a] Cuyp or Cuijp (December 1612 – 28 August 1652) was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter.

Houbraken felt Aelbert had neater brush strokes and Benjamin showed the rough approach of his teacher.

[1] 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 Venlo named Gerrit Gerritsz.

[2] Benjamin learned to paint from his older half-brother, Jacob Cuyp.

[3] While his Baroque painting styles seems to have been influenced by Rembrandt’s dramatic use of chiaroscuro.