Work Pieter Thijs

1 work

1.1 general
1.2 portraits
1.3 religious works
1.4 collaborations

work
general

pieter thijs produced allegorical , mythological compositions courts of southern netherlands , dutch republic local churches , monasteries. in demand portrait painter court , local bourgeoisie.

time , 3 fates

in past reputation suffered because of misattributions of work. style close of van dyck , followers of van dyck, thijs works have been attributed van dyck , artists working in van dyckian idiom such thomas willeboirts bosschaert, jan boeckhorst , erasmus quellinus younger. rediscovery of artist, works have been re-attributed pieter thijs. styles of thomas willeboirts bosschaert , thijs close, there still disagreements attributions of works either artist. main distinguishing features between styles of 2 artists willeboirts bosschaerts work uses looser brushwork , displays distinctive humanity , sensuality in figures, female figures. thijs, on other hand, applied paint more tightly , thickly, , figures express emotions more decorum , contained theatricality.

the influence of van dyck on thijs style due direct working relationship van dyck. other possible influences works of senior painters such thomas willeboirts bosschaert , gonzales coques both followers of van dyck thijs predecessors @ courts of brussels , hague. patrons @ these courts showed preference van dyck’s refined courtly style.

he showed himself eclectic painter did not strive originality adapted , borrowed styles of other artists felt commission demanded it.

portraits

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.

religious works

his religious works influenced style of van dyck. paintings on subject of descent cross follow composition , palette of rubens had produced influential paintings on theme.

the mystic marriage of st catherine

his history paintings show influence of french classicism, coming fashion. in these works paid particular attention prettiness , polished finishing. borrowed italian masters of cinquecento, such titian , veronese.

in mature period 1660s onwards, pieter thijs relied on pyramidal, symmetrical compositions , painted female figures draped in tunics tied @ waist , wearing garments folds in v-form.

collaborations

as common in 17th-century antwerp, collaborated other artists specialist painters. added figures compositions of various antwerp animal specialists. examples huntsman dogs , game (cummer museum of art , gardens) in collaboration pieter boel , atalanta , meleager hunt calydonian boar (john , mable ringling museum of art) in collaboration jan fyt. pieter boel painted still life , parrot in thijs portrait of philips van de werve , wife.

atalanta , meleager hunt calydonian boar

thijs collaborated flower painters on so-called ‘garland paintings’. garland paintings type of still life invented in antwerp , earliest practitioner jan brueghel elder. these paintings typically show flower garland around devotional image or portrait. garland paintings collaborations between still life , figure painter. example composition leopold of austria in flower garland (auctioned @ sotheby s, london on 5 december 2006, lot nr 412) in portrait of archduke leopold wilhelm of austria painted thijs , flower garland unknown hand.

in 1650s, pieter thijs worked thomas willeboirts bosschaert, jan brueghel younger , adriaen van utrecht on cartoons 2 series of tapestries archduke leopold wilhelm, titles day , night , months. cartoons painted after designs jan van den hoecke , woven brussels tapestry workshops. of cartoons such diana, allegory of night in collection of kunsthistorisches museum.