Benjamin
Gerritsz Cuyp
Benjamin Gerritsz Cuyp: A Pioneer of Dutch Landscape Painting Benjamin Gerritszoon Cuyp (December 1612 – August 28, 1652) stands as a pivotal figure in the Dutch Golden Age artistic landscape. Born in Dordrecht, Netherlands—a city renowned for its glassmaking tradition—Cuyp’s life was inextricably linked to …
A portrait built from Benjamin Gerritsz Cuyp's own colours
Every 17 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.
