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| Title | Brawl between Peasants | |
| Collection | Holburne Museum of Art, Bath | |
| Artist | Cuyp, Benjamin Gerritsz. (Dutch painter, 1612-1652) Previously attributed to Cuyp, Aelbert (Dutch painter and draftsman, 1620-1691) |
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| Date Earliest | possibly about 1632 | |
| Date Latest | 1652 | |
| Signed | yes | |
| Description | Benjamin Gerritsz. Cuyp was part of the artistic Cuyp family, the son of Gerrit Gerritsz. Cuyp, half brother of the artist Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp and uncle to Aelbert, Jacob's son. Benjamin's technique was to apply liquid paint with rapid brushstrokes. He used a limited palette of colours, brown, yellow-brown, dull greens and an occasional rust red accent. He often painted low-life genre scenes, such as this, and biblical scenes. | |
| Current Accession Number | A55 | |
| Former Accession Number | 78; 1397; 93 | |
| Inscription | front ll (on a stool) ‘cuyp’ | |
| Subject | figure (peasant); animal; everyday life | |
| Measurements | 36.8 x 29.2 cm cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on panel | |
| Acquisition Details | Bequeathed by Miss Mary Anne Barbara Holburne 1882. | |
| Provenance | Sir Thomas William Holburne, by 1867-74; by descent to Mary Anne Barbara Holburne (1802-1882), 1874. | |
| Notes | Holburne catalogue 1867, no. 78, as Albert Cuyp; Holburne catalogue 1887, no. 1397, as Albert Cuyp; Holburne catalogue 1936, no. 93, as Albert Cuyp. | |
| Rights Owner | © The Holburne Museum of Art, Bath | |
| Author | Rosie Broadley | |