Antique Thomas Wyck (1616-1677) Oil Painting Landscape Near River with Figures 222925682581

Description

Thomas Wyck, also known as Thomas Wijck, was a Flemish painter who was trained in Haarlem. He journeyed to Italy, presumably by 1640, the year in which a 'Tommaso fiammingo, pittore' (Thomas the Fleming, painter) is documented as residing in Rome in the Via della Fontanella. In 1642 Wijck was once again in the northern Netherlands, enrolled in Haarlem's Guild of St Luke. It is unlikely that the artist was again in Rome in the spring of 1644 (as Busiri Vici maintained), given the fact that on 22 May of that year he was married in Haarlem. His presence in his native city is further documented in 1658, 1659, 1669 and 1676.

Given the lack of dated works by Wyck, it is difficult to establish which paintings he executed in Rome, since even after his return to the Netherlands he painted Dutch Italianate themes, using black chalk and wash drawings done from life in Rome, a large number of which have survived. It is likely that the paintings most directly reflecting the work of northern artists active in Rome c. 1640 and those depicting the city's landscape with the greatest sense of immediacy and realism date from his Roman period and the years shortly thereafter.



This piece which is signed T.W in the bottom right hand corner features a woodland landscape near a stream. Figures are seen in the woods, as well as a valley off in the distancealong the top left. Framed in a Late 18th Century Gilt Frame. An example of Thomas's Auction records can be found in the last photo. Most of his pieces were of ruins, so it is rare to find a natural landscape.

Condition

Landscape in good condition considering age. Could use a cleaning. Frame Not original to the piece. Some splitting in the gesso
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Dimensions

24" x 29" x 3"
Sans Frame - 17.25" x 20.75"
(L x W)