SIBERECHTS, Jan
(b. 1627, Antwerpen, d. ca. 1703, London)

The Ford

1660s
Oil on canvas, 120 x 160 cm
Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp

The dynamic, cosmic vision in the tradition of Rubens is absent from Jan Siberechts' The Ford. The artist was seduced by Dutch landscape art with its lightness of touch, and clear, impressionistic atmosphere. Siberechts' vaguely erotic paintings have, however, a certain solidity of form and evenness of execution.




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