Fantasy winter landscape with lake and city on the banks, Hans de Jode (The Hague, 1630 – Vienna, 1663)

Fantasy winter landscape with lake and city on the banks

1650 about

Oils on canvas (62 x 93, in 82 x 112 frames)

The work is accompanied by an expertise by Dr. Fred G. Meijer (Amsterdam)

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The celebration of winter was, in the context of Flemish landscape painting, an extremely loved and sought after theme by the cultured patrons of the 17th century, representing a truly autonomous artistic trend.

As Professor Fred Meijer confirmed, following his in-depth study, it is a typical painting by the Flemish painter Hans de Jode (The Hague, 1630 – Vienna, 1663) and constitutes a true rarity on a collector's level, since the painter's canvases are almost exclusively in public collections and are difficult to find on the market.

In our case the scene is permeated by that inimitable fairy-tale aura that made the works of the Flemish master famous, a representation with an enchanted, romantic atmosphere, where the small imaginative details and the magical winter atmosphere are enhanced, characterized by rough rocky landscapes with bridges, towers and cities on the banks, emphasized by a very accentuated brightness.

There is a reduced color palette, with cold and warm shades expertly combined; An almost unreal silence predominates in the painting, in which everything is enveloped in an almost unreal quiet, typical of his landscapes.

Born in The Hague, the artist had an eventful life, which saw him spend most of his life in Italy, in Rome and Venice, and finally in Vienna, working as a painter of the imperial court.

The scholar hypothesizes a temporal location in the Italian period of De Jode, presumably around 1650/1660, when the author stayed in Rome, where he came into contact with the works of Salvator Rosa, as documented by the influence of the latter is captured in his more or less fantastic landscapes, characterized by a fluid and fast brushstroke and a compositional scheme often diagonally cut, with bizarre patches of trees and a contrasting luminism.

For comparative purposes we can illustrate below some of the author's works which show clear analogies with the composition in question, including:

– Landscape with waterfall, 1657, Castelvecchio Museum (Italy, Verona)
https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/paesaggio-hans-de-jode-l-aia-1630-vienna-1663/iwFwgd3S58-HS

– Landscape with bathers, Fabre Museum (France, Montpellier)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jode_Paysage_aux_baigneurs.JP

– Mountain landscape with shepherds, 1660, Kromeriz Castle Museum (now National Gallery, Prague

– Landscape with river and tower, Christie's (Amsterdam) 2001-11-07, lot 28
https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/record?filters%5Bkunstenaar%5D=Jode%2C+Hans+de&query=&start..

– Landscape, Rome C. Sestieri Collection

– Landscape with bridge and cross, Valtice Castle, National monument of the Czech Republic
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hans_de_Jode_-_Landscape_with_a_bridge_and_cross.JPG

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

The painting is completed by a pleasant golden wooden frame.

The work is sold accompanied by a certificate of guarantee and authenticity, with a descriptive iconographic card.

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