Jacob De Heush, Coastal Landscape with Architectural Ruins, 1680, Oil on Canvas, Framed

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Jacob de Heush (Utrecht 1657 – Amsterdam 1701) - Coastal Landscape with Architectural Ruins

Oil on canvas (80 x 102 … Read more Jacob de Heush (Utrecht 1657 – Amsterdam 1701) - Coastal Landscape with Architectural Ruins

Oil on canvas (80 x 102 cm - Framed 100 x 119 cm)

Provenance: Hampel Munich, 22.09.2016 lot 969

Expertise by Prof. Ferdinando Arisi

This evocative landscape, which demonstrates the wonderful blend of Nordic and Italian landscape traditions, is a work attributed to the Dutch painter Jacob de Heush (Utrecht 1657 – Amsterdam 1701), one of the finest landscape painters active in Rome at the end of the 17th century.

It represents an emblem of his painting, with a coastal landscape embellished with inserts of classical architecture and the ruins of an ancient colonnade on the right, which bring it closer to the genre of architectural capriccio.

Jacob de Heusch moved to Rome from his hometown of Utrecht in 1674, where he specialized in landscape painting, modeled on the works of Salvator Rosa. He skillfully combined the characteristics of the Dutch school, particularly its attention to realistic detail, with the more Italianate, imaginative and lyrical tradition of landscape painting.

The resulting idyllic, peaceful mood became this artist's defining characteristic, as we can clearly see in our painting.

The figurative treatment is also typical, with some details reminiscent of his other paintings, such as the woman with child in the foreground, reminiscent of the woman advancing on horseback in the "Lazio Landscape" illustrated by Andrea Burisi Vici in his monograph on the artist (Rome, Bozzi, 1997, pp. 65, 121, cat. 22, ill. 39), and the man with open arms not far from her, who can also be seen in the "Landscape with Waterfall," signed and dated 1693 (see, in the aforementioned volume, pp. 80, 81, 148, ill. 54, cat. 49).

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Good condition, complete with gilded frame (not antique).

The work is sold complete with a certificate of authenticity and an iconographic . This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
official proof of authenticity,
however it is well documented in design history. I take full responsibility for any authenticity



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