JAN WILDENS

(1584 / 1653)

JAN WILDENS Antwerp (1584 / 1653) "Landscape with figures"

Oil on canvas. Signed in the central part. Provenance: Galerie Fusll & Jacob, Munich; Private collection, Madrid. Bibliography: VV.AA., Landschafen und seestucke, 2001, pp. 298-301, cat. No. 79. Exhibitions: Den Bosch 2001; Paderborn 2001; Erfurt 2002. Jan Wildens was a painter of mythological, religious compositions, portraits and landscapes. Father of Jeremias Wildens and student of Pieter Verbinist, he was teacher of the Gilda of Antwerp in 1604. He collaborated with Rubens, Paul de Vos, Jordaens, Teniers and Boskhorst, being in charge of painting the backgrounds of the paintings and the trees. He frequently signed his landscapes and city views, using the monogram W, as seen in this same work. Measurements: 65 x 94 cm.