Aelbert Cuyp (1620-1691) is Dordrecht’s best-known painter and one of the greatest Dutch landscape painters. Now known as the master of golden light, he was virtually unknown beyond his hometown in the 17th century.
Aelbert Cuyp, An Evening Landscape with Figures, c. 1667-1660, Canvas, 101.6 x 153.6 cm, The Royal Collection / HM Queen Elizabeth II