Architectural Capriccio with coastal view, Ferdinand Saeys (ANTWERP 1658 – VIENNA 1726)

Jacob Ferdinand Saeys (Antwerp 1658 – Vienna 1726) and workshop

Architectural Capriccio with coastal view at sunset and figures

oil painting on canvas
60 x 91 cm., with frame 75 x 104 cm.

COMPLETE DESCRIPTIVE AND PHOTOGRAPHIC DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE DIRECTLY ON OUR WEBSITE: https://www.antichitacastelbarco.it/it/prodotti/capriccio-architettura-con-veduta-costiera-al-tramonto-e-figure

The proposed canvas, a beautiful example of architectural imagination, is a work of excellent quality by the late Baroque Flemish painter Jacob Ferdinand Saeys (Antwerp 1658–1725 Vienna) and his workshop.

The painting, of great charm and suggestion, gives us a typical example of Saeys' imaginary views, showing us the facade of an imposing classic palace, in Italian style and with powerful marble columns, surrounded by an elegant panorama, in this case a coastal view warmed by the light of the sunset, in which boats can be seen.

Our work, probably performed towards the last decade of the seventeenth century or the first years of the eighteenth century, is conceived in a theatrical way, where the monumental palace and the view of the sea in the distance seem part of a single scenic system in which the figures portrayed in oriental-looking they look like real theater actors.

His skill in the use of perspective, the skilful rendering of construction materials, such as the realistic veined marble of the columns that characterize each of his works, as well as the intense and dramatic use of light, are the elements that made him extremely famous, and that also characterize the present painting.

After studying architecture in Flanders, he began his pictorial activity as a pupil of the painter Wilhem Schubert von Ehrenberg; despite his election, in 1680, as Master of the Guild of San Luca, he decided to move to Vienna, remaining there for his entire successful career. In the imperial capital, lively from an artistic and cultural point of view, he became highly appreciated as a court painter, disputed by the noble aristocrats who competed to own his creations, appreciated for their extravagant inventiveness and attention to detail.

For further information you are welcome to contact us.

The work, like all our objects, is sold accompanied by a certificate of photographic authenticity in accordance with the law.

Follow us also on: https://www.instagram.com/galleriacastelbarco/?hl=it
https://www.facebook.com/galleriacastelbarco/