The composition pulls us into the scene
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This reduced the chance of his finished works ever becoming laboured
Light craquelure but the paint layer is stable
in this work from around 1725
Jan Ludewick De Wouters, Wooded Landscape With Riders, Ruin & Distant Town reserved The composition pulls us intoThis charming late 18th century oil painting by Flemish artist Jan Ludewick De Wouters (1731 after 1789) depicts a wooded view with horseback riders, various buildings including a ruin, a country track and distant town. The success of this piece is, in part, due to an intelligent composition, providing two distinct routes for the eye to explore. On the left, a track worn by the continual grinding of hooves into mud, winds its way towards a ruin and