Gysbrecht Thys

Gysbrecht Thys (1617 in Antwerp – 1684 in Antwerp), was a Flemish Baroque painter.

Biography

According to Houbraken he was born in Antwerp and became a portrait painter in the style of Anthony van Dyck.[1] Houbraken took his information from Cornelis de Bie's Het Gulden Cabinet, p 412.[1]

According to the RKD He was baptized in the St.Jacobskerk in 1617 and married Catharina Lodewijcx in 1650.[2] According to De Bie he was still alive and living in Antwerp at the time of publication (1661).[2] No known works survive - all portraits previously attributed to him have since been reattributed to others.[2] The later biographer Jacob Campo Weyerman claimed he saw a few of his paintings in Breda and could vouch for their close similarity to Van Dijck.[3] Weyerman especially admired a set of portraits ("to the knee") of the Flemish painter Jan van Kessel and his wife.[3]

Works

An oil on canvas (original canvas) Bacchanale signed and dated '… THYS F. 1653' has been sold in Paris.[4] It is virtually the sole painting of the artist with the exception of the one - the location of which is unknown - of which the Louvre has kept a photo.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 (Dutch) Gysbrecht Thys Biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
  2. 1 2 3 Gysbrecht Thys in the RKD
  3. 1 2 De levens-beschryvingen...Volume II, p 218, on the digital library of the University of Utrecht
  4. ↑ Artcurial 26 March 2014 n°121
  5. ↑ La Tribune de l'Art - 25 March 2014 - http://www.latribunedelart.com/deux-ventes-de-dessins-chez-artcurial-et-christie-s
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