Large Forest Landscape with the Saint Francisco Borja
1660/70 | Jacques d'Arthois
Jacques d’Arthois was a successful landscape artist who worked quickly and effortlessly. This virtuosic painting was purchased from the Jesuit College in Bruges in 1776 together with its counterpart (Inv.-Nr. GG 468). Its provenance explains the subject of the picture: Francisco Borja (1510–1572, canonised 1671), a Spanish nobleman, became the third Jesuit General in Rome.
Jacques d’Arthois was a successful landscape artist who worked quickly and effortlessly. This virtuosic painting was purchased from the Jesuit College in Bruges in 1776 together with its counterpart (Inv.-Nr. GG 468). Its provenance explains the subject of the picture: Francisco Borja (1510–1572, canonised 1671), a Spanish nobleman, became the third Jesuit General in Rome.
Artist:
Jacques d'Arthois (1613 - 1686 Brüssel) DNB
Time:
1660/70
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Flemish
Material/technology:
Canvas
Dimensions:
240 cm × 456 cm
Framed (gallery frame): 266 cm × 485 cm × 8,5 cm
Signed
Inscribed in the lower left corner: Jacques d'Arthois
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 422
Provenance
1776 acquired from the Jesuit College in Bruges