WOUTERS, Frans
(b. 1612, Lier, d. 1659, Antwerpen)

Bacchanal

c. 1648
Oil on canvas, 87 x 131 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

After entering the service of Archduke Leopold-Wilhem in c. 1648, the characters in Wouters's paintings changed under the influence of Van Dyck. They acquire a more emotive and attenuated appearance.




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