- KUYP, or CUYP, ALBERT, was the son and disciple of Jacob Gerutze Knyp, an eminent landscape painter of Dort, and a pupil of Abele= Bluetnart. Jacob's works, chiefly viewer from nature in the environs of Dort, were highly and justly valued, and his memory was bell in esteem at Dort fur having founded, in 1642, the Academy of Painting of St. Luke in that town, in conjunction with J. van Hsaselt, Corn. Tegelberg, and J. Grief. His son Albert was born at Dort iu 1606. Though his father's disciple, his manner is very differcut, and he embraced a greater variety of subjects. "The pictures of this master," says that excellent critio Dr. Waregen, "aro the most splendid , proofs that the charm of a work of art lies far more in a profound and pure feeling of nature, in the knowledge and masterly use of the means of representation which art supplies, than in the subject itself; for otherwise how would it be possible from such monotonous natural scenery as Holland affords, where the extensive green levels are broken only by single trees and ordinary houses, and intersected by canals, to produce such attractive variety as their pictures offer ? How could it happen that so many pictures, even of eminent masters, such as J. Both and Pynaker, who represent the rich and varied scenery of Italy, have less power to touch our feelings than those of Kuyp, Ruysdaal, and Hobbima ? In elevation of conception, knowledge of aerial per spective, with the greatest glow and warmth of the serene atmosphere, Buyp stands unrivalled, and may justly be called the Dutch Claude.
In the impasto, the breadth and freedom of execution, he greatly resembles Rembmndt." Though Kapp is reckoned among the cattle. painters, all kinds of which he represented with equal truth and felicity, he likewise painted landscapes, properly so called, and sea pieces. He excelled in everything that he attempted ; and yet it is remarkable that he has been comparatively little known abroad. Scarcely anything is known of the circumstances of his life; even of the year of his death we can find no record : he was living in the early part of 1683. Kuyp's works were so low in value, that a beautiful picture of his, for which Sir Robert Peel paid 350 guineas, was bought at Hoorn, in Holland, some years ago, for one shillin4 English. He is a great favourite in Eogland, and it is here that his finest works are found, chiefly in the Royal, National, Bridgewater, Grosvenor, and Dulwich Galleries, in the collections of Sir Robert Peel, Lord Yar borough, the Duke of Bedford. the Marquis of Bute, &c.