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HEUSCH, Jacob de
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Dutch painter. He
received painting lessons from his uncle Willem de Heusch, one
of the Italianate painters. In January 1675 he is mentioned for
the first time as a member of the Schildersbent, an association
formed by Netherlandish artists in Rome. Though it is not known
how long lie remained in the Eternal City, we may assume it was
quite a while, because he is still mentioned in Venice in 1696 -
working for Secretary Lucatelli - and because the Italian motifs
in his work all come from Rome and its surroundings. By 1699 the
artist had returned to Utrecht, where he died two years later.
Jacob de Heusch belongs to the generation of Netherlanders who
visited Rome for varying lengths of time during the last quarter
of the seventeenth century. Unlike the Bamboccianti of the
previous generation, such as Johannes Lingelbach, who were
interested in the life of the people in the old city, these
artists were fascinated above all by the Roman landscape and its
surrounding countryside, as it had been immortalized by Claude
Lorrain and Gaspard Dughet. Just as hundreds of their countrymen
had done since the sixteenth century, they recorded the
interesting buildings and painterly views they observed during
their walks in sketchbooks full of drawings from nature. Most of
them, including De Heusch, used these sketches to compose
idealized landscapes in their studios in the style of the
French-Roman masters that have just been mentioned. Most of De
Heusch's paintings are freely conceived landscapes incorporating
topographical motifs, in a style that recalls both Gaspard
Dughet and the baroque landscapes of Salvator Rosa. These highly
atmospherical views with their occasionally powerful
architectonic effects and rather prominent clusters of figures
may have had an impact on the young Carlevaris. |
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HEUSCH, Jacob de1.jpg |
1696 Oil on canvas, 59,8 x 106
cm Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Brunswick |
Height Wideth
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