Portraits Pieter Thijs



portrait of almoner wife , children allegory of charity


pieter thijs in demand portrait painter. gained in particular reputation large family portraits, genre made popular teacher anthony van dyck.


his portraits followed style of van dyck in eloquence of hands , meticulous execution of reflections on shimmering fabric. though popular portrait painter, flemish biographer cornelis de bie stated likenesses criticized not being subjects.


a representative portrait painting thijs portrait of philips van de werve , wife (c. 1661, auctioned @ sotheby s on 7 july 2005, london, lot 10). composition recalls van dyck s large family-group portraits painted in late english period, thijs have seen when pupil of van dyck. figures in group portrait closely adhere van dyckian type, 2 children.








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