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Dutch painter Benjamin Gerritsz Cuyp (1612–1652) is associated with genre scenes devoted to everyday life in the Netherlands, as well as portraits of historical and mythological figures. His half-brother Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp taught him to paint.
Among the works catalogued under his name is Verkündigung an die Hirten, an oil on wood measuring 41 × 61 cm, whose provenance mentions the former collection of Léon Janssen, in Brussels, in 1909. Two other paintings associated with the artist, A peddler before a crowd of villagers in a town square and Soldiers Playing with dice, dated 1635, were sold for 4,878 euros in 2022 and 8,565 euros in 2021, respectively, according to Mr Expert.
This profile brings together identity references for Benjamin Gerritsz Cuyp and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
Lempertz · Schuler · Piguet · Dobiaschofsky
References include catalogue entries and available results; they do not all represent completed sales. Attributed works and special lots are excluded from the priced results.
Oil on panel
Paysans et soldats devant une grotte
huile sur panneau
Catalogue period : 2023-09-06 — 2023-09-20
Published result : 750 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1500–2500
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Oil on wood
Verkündigung an die Hirten
Öl auf Holz
Auction date : 2018-09-19
Published result : 5580 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 6000
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Oil on wood
Attribué à Cuyp, Benjamin Gerritsz — zugeschrieben Die Befreiung Petri
Öl auf Holz
zugeschrieben
Catalogue period : 2015-09-18
Attributed
Published result : 2400 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1500–2500
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Oil on wood
Attribué à Cuyp, Benjamin Gerritsz — zugeschrieben Die Befreiung Petri
Öl auf Holz
zugeschrieben
Catalogue period : 2015-06-19
Attributed
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 3000–5000
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Oil on panel
Entourage de Benjamin Gerritsz Cuyp — La vente du cheval
huile sur panneau
entourage de
Catalogue period : 2019-12-11
Circle of
Published result : 1800 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2000–3000
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Oil on cardboard
D’après Benjamin Gerritsz Cuyp — Portrait du Prince d'orange,
huile sur carton
d'après
Catalogue period : 2014-03-12
After
Published result : 300 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 300–500
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Suiveur de BENJAMIN GERRITSZ. CUYP — Der Pferdedompteur.
Öl auf Lwd.
Nachfolger des
Date to be documented
Follower of
Published result : 300 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 900
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