Mountainous Landscape with the Ruins of a Castle
Aelbert Cuyp
c. 1642 - c. 1645
Medium
oil on panel
Dimensions
1.5; 66.7; 91; 9
About this artwork
oil on panel
About the Artist
Aelbert Cuyp · 1620–1691
Aelbert Cuyp (1620–1691), a leading figure of the Dutch Golden Age, was born and died in Dordrecht, Netherlands, where he spent his entire life. The son of portraitist and animal painter Jacob Gerritsz Cuyp (1594–1652), Aelbert came from a family of artists—his uncle Benjamin Gerritsz Cuyp and grandfather Gerrit Gerritsz Cuyp were stained-glass designers—and studied under his father, with whom he ...