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Bay with Smugglers

Thomas Wijck

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Basic information
ID
Ж-4297
Author
Thomas Wijck
Name
Bay with Smugglers
Date of creation
17th c.
Technique
oil painting
Material
canvas oil
Dimensions (height x width, cm)
65.5 x 62.3
Additionally
Type
painting
Genre
genre art
Provenance
Purchased from Omelchenko 03.04.1969
Exposition
Potocki Palace
Information about author
Author
Thomas Wijck
Artist's lifetime
1616−1647
Country
Holland
Biography
Thomas Wijck (1616−1647) was a Dutch School painter. He received artistic education in Italy under the guidance of his father. Wijck painted seascapes, ports, interiors of rural houses, inns, fairs, alchemist laboratories, landscapes with ruins, palaces, and other buildings in the Italian style. The artist's works have a pleasant and warm colouring. Wijck cannot be considered a purely national artist – his sketches made during his extended stay in Italy, which he used for his later paintings, significantly weaken his importance in the Dutch School. However, several works by the author depict the interiors of Dutch buildings, landscapes with dunes, etc.
Object description
The painting depicts a fortress with a group of people in front of it. In the background is a dock with a sailboat and people carrying cargo. In the distance, mountains and clouds can be seen against a blue sky. The artist meticulously portrayed the landscape and characters, giving them emotional depth. Wijck depicted the contrast between the architectural and natural landscape through subtle lighting effects and incorporated enigmatic forms in architecture and hills, against which he placed this genre scene.
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery

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