Pieter Jans Bout (Bruxelles, tra il 1645 e il 1719), Seguace di - Paesaggio fiammingo con figure

Follower of Pieter Jans Bout (Brussels, between 1645 and 1719)
Flemish landscape with figures
Oil on panel, 58. 5 x 77 cm
With frame, 70 x 88 cm
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Pieter Jans Bout (Brussels, between 1640 and 1658 –1719) was one of the most prolific Flemish painters, draughtsmen and engravers, also requested by contemporary painters to complete their works as a figure painter. The date of birth of this artist is uncertain: based on the few known facts it seems to have occurred between 1620 and 1645. The beginning of Bout's period of activity is considered to be 1664, the year of his first dated work and it is believed that he continued to work until 1719, the year in which his last dated work dates back. In 1671 he became a member of the Guild of Saint Luke in Brussels. From around 1675 he spent three years in Paris, where he often collaborated with Adriaen Frans Boudewijns, inserting figures into his landscapes. Probably, in addition to France, he also visited Italy. His views are in the tradition of Jan Brueghel the Younger, also showing similarity to the work of David Teniers the Younger and that of Brussels landscape painters such as Adriaen Frans Boudewyns, Lucas Achtschellinck and Jacques d'Arthois, for whom he also often painted the figures. He mainly painted genre scenes, landscapes, particularly seascapes, city views, winter landscapes, ports and beaches, historical subjects and architecture.
To support the attribution of this to a follower of Pieter Jans Bout, observe the five views in private collections in which a similar compositional layout is presented, with the ruined manors on the sides and the mountains in the background sloping away towards the horizon.
we also find Pieter Bout's tendency to portray landscapes from a partially raised frontal position, unlike his colleague and collaborator Adriaen Frans Boudewijns (Brussels, 1644 - 1719) , who preferred bird's eye views. Also observe the same treatment of the skies and clouds, more linear compared to the jagged and wavy backgrounds of the Boudewijns.
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