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SKU | xxad126 |
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Picture Size | 13 cm x 17,80 cm |
Specification | |
technic | Etching |
Artist | Gilles Neyts |
period | 17th century |
School | Flemish |
subject | Landscape |
rating | **** |
Gillis Neyts (1623 - 1687)
Painter, watercolourist, draughtsman and etcher.
Born in Gent; 1643 married to Klara de la Porte; 1647-1648 Master in Antwerp; 1687 died in Antwerp, buried in Cathedral.
He was in Antwerp by 1643, the year of his marriage, and became a master in the city's Guild of St Luke in 1647. Neyts is known principally for his landscape drawings, of which a substantial number survived. His subject-matter is conventional, largely consisting of idealized Flemish landscapes and topographical views of Flemish towns and villages, the latter recording his numerous journeys throughout the southern Netherlands. As with Jan Breughel the elder, some of the imaginary scenes incorporate distant views of Antwerp's church spires. Neyts seems to have been influenced by Wenceslaus Hollar and the calligraphic style of Jacques Callot. In both cases Neyts is likely to have seen prints of these artists' work, rather than their drawings. Neyts was probably also influenced by his contemporary Lucas van Uden, whose penwork is similar, and whose highly distinctive use of watercolour was adopted by Neyts in a few drawings.
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