BOECKHORST, Jan van
(b. ca. 1604, Münster or Rees, d. 1668, Antwerpen)

David's Vision

c. 1655
Oil on canvas, 363 x 242 cm
Sint-Michielskerk, Ghent

Van Dyck's influence became decisive in the style of Boeckhorst both in the ecstatic looks of the character types and in the emotive construction of the composition. He painted a substantial number of monumental altarpieces and other devotional pictures in this style, such as the David's Vision.




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