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Aelbert Cuyp

1620 - 1691

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Aelbert Jacobszoon Cuyp or Cuijp (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɑlbɛr ˈtɕaːkɔpsoːŋ ˈkœyp]; 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 (1594–1651/52), he is especially known for his large views of Dutch riverside scenes in a golden early morning or late afternoon light. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aelbert Cuyp has received more than 184,583 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Aelbert Cuyp is the 377th most popular painter (up from 440th in 2019), the 159th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 168th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Dutch Painter.

Aelbert Cuyp is most famous for his paintings of landscapes, typically with a lot of sky.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.71

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Aelbert Cuyp ranks 377 out of 2,023. Before him are Willem Claesz. Heda, Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, Francesco Melzi, Émile Bernard, Leonora Carrington, and Édouard Vuillard. After him are Marie Laurencin, Robert Rauschenberg, Giuseppe Castiglione, David Teniers the Younger, Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, and Orcagna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1620, Aelbert Cuyp ranks 5. Before him are Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, Ninon de l'Enclos, Edme Mariotte, and Avvakum. After him are Pierre Puget, Jean Picard, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Miklós Zrínyi, Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, Marquis of Cinq-Mars, John Graunt, and François Bernier. Among people deceased in 1691, Aelbert Cuyp ranks 5. Before him are Suleiman II, Robert Boyle, Pope Alexander VIII, and John George III, Elector of Saxony. After him are Köprülüzade Fazıl Mustafa Pasha, George Fox, François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, Carlo Rainaldi, Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Richard Baxter, and Jean-Henri d'Anglebert.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Aelbert Cuyp ranks 159 out of 1,646. Before him are Wim Kok (1938), Willem Claesz. Heda (1594), Antonia Brico (1902), Princess Irene of the Netherlands (1939), Piet Keizer (1943), and Eugène Dubois (1858). After him are Theo van Gogh (1957), Jan Pieterszoon Coen (1587), Pier Gerlofs Donia (1480), Ferdinand Bol (1616), John II, Count of Holland (1247), and Cees Nooteboom (1933).

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Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Aelbert Cuyp ranks 38. Before him are Anton Mauve (1838), Ary Scheffer (1795), Meindert Hobbema (1638), Abraham Bloemaert (1566), Maarten van Heemskerck (1498), and Willem Claesz. Heda (1594). After him are Ferdinand Bol (1616), Karel Appel (1921), Pieter Lastman (1583), Jan Lievens (1607), Hendrick ter Brugghen (1588), and Balthasar van der Ast (1593).

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