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Gillis Rombouts was a Dutch painter born in 1630 and associated with Haarlem. His repertoire combines landscapes and genre scenes. A Forest Road at the Walters Art Museum, painted in oil on canvas, illustrates the place of wooded settings in his work. Alongside Cornelis Beelt and Thomas Wijck, he also belonged to the painters of weavers' interiors, a subject connected with the growth of Haarlem's textile industry in the seventeenth century.
His Panorama of Brussels, dated around 1655–1660, shows the city from the south between countryside and a cloudy sky. The museum emphasises atmosphere rather than topographical accuracy. A visit to Brussels is not established. These different subjects bring landscapes, inhabited places and everyday activities together within a single painter's practice, extending beyond woodland imagery.
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Oil on panel
Attribué à Gillis Rombouts — Paysage animé,
huile sur panneau
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Catalogue period : 2023-05-25 — 2023-06-07
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Published result : 2200 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2000–3000
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