b. 1612, Dordrecht, d. 1652, Dordrecht Dordrecht,,Painter, half-brother of Jacob Cuyp. Houbraken stated that he studied with his half-brother Jacob. Benjamin entered the Guild of St Luke on 27 January 1631, at the same time as his brother Gerrit Gerritsz. the younger. In 1641 Benjamin gave evidence in a medical affair, which has prompted speculation that he may have trained as a doctor, but in 1643 he is twice recorded in The Hague as a painter, living with other artists.   Related Paintings of CUYP, Benjamin Gerritsz. :. | Shipping off East Cowes Headland (mk31) | Dead horse | Victoria holding a Privy Council meeting | The Rape of Europa | Mikhaylovich Golitsyn |
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Alfred Hirv
(born March 26, 1880 in Pechory - died May 26, 1918 in Pskov) was an Estonian painter, known especially for his still lifes. For a time he studied with Julius von Klever in Saint Petersburg; further studies took him to Rome and Munich, where he studied at the school of Anton Ažbe. His paintings are reminiscent of the style of the Dutch Golden Age. Works by Hirv can be found in the Estonian Art Museum.
LISSE, Dirck van der
Dutch painter (b. 1607, Den Haag, d. 1669, Den Haag)
JACOPO del SELLAIO
Italian painter, Florentine school (1442-1493)