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Willem de Heusch

Eight miniature Italianate landscapes

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December 16, 02:51 PM GMT

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1,500 - 2,000 GBP

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Willem de Heusch

Utrecht 1625 - 1692

Eight miniature Italianate landscapes


a set of eight, all oil on panel, framed as one

unframed: one: 2 x 3.8 cm.;¾ x 1½ in.; the rest: 1.6 x 3.8 cm.;⅝ x 1½ in.;

framed: 16.7 x 17.2 cm.; 6⅝ x 6¾ in.

Private collection, Sweden.
Willem de Heusch was born in Utrecht in 1625 but travelled to Italy in the 1650s. Like his contemporary, Jan Both, he was much inspired by the open landscapes and warm Italian light. This series of eight tiny landscapes is painted in miniaturist detail, a technique de Heusch also employs for his paintings on a larger scale.