Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp
(1594 - Dordrecht - 1652)
“Portrait of a lady, half-length, in the guise of a shepherdess, holding a houlette or bâton de berger”
signed and dated ‘Aetatis/ J.cüÿp fecit/ 1645’ (c.r.)
on oval panel: 82 x 68,5 cm;
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Notes
Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp was the father of the famous landscape painter Albert Cuyp and his stephbrother was Benajmin Gerritsz. Cuyp. He was a pupil of Abraham Bloemaert in Utrecht and worked in Dordrecht for most of his life.
Exhibited
Dordrecht, Dordrechts Museum, ‘Jacob Gerritsz Cuyp 1594-1652’, 2002, no.28A.
Accompanied by a report of The Art Loss Register, dd. 18 May 2017.
Provenance
- from the former collection of the famous Hungarian art collector and dealer Mr Marczell von Nemes
- his collection sale Munich, Hugo Helbing, 2 November 1933, to Mondersheim
- with the architect Joseph Behr; with Alfred Brod Gallery, London, 1964
- sale London, Christie’s, (Mr. L.A. Basmadjieff and others: Ploenies de (countess), Duke of Buccleuch, John Evelyn, James Pope-Hennessy, 19-20 July 1973, no. 186, no ill.
- with Central Picture Galleries, New York, where purchased by the former owner’s father
- sale Bonhams London 2014
- private Dutch collection
- with Douwes Fine Art, Amsterdam, cleaned, framed and researched, on show at TEFAF Maastricht 2016.
- private collection, The Netherlands.
Literature
S. Paarlberg, A. Chong, ‘Jacob Gerritsz Cuyp 1594-1652’, exhibiton catalogue Dordrecht, Dordrechts Museum, 2002, p.138, ill. no. 28A (with incorrect measurements).