CRAESBEECK, Josse van
(b. ca. 1605, Neerlinter, d. ca. 1661, Bruxelles)

Officer Reading a Letter

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Oil on canvas, laid down on panel, 69 x 83 cm
Private collection

The painting shows an officer reading a letter in a military encampment beside the walls of a castle. The military theme and the vivid use of colour characterise Craesbeeck's late period, and would subsequently be echoed in the work of Gillis van Tilborch.