Wooded Landscape
by HACKAERT, Jan, Oil on canvas, 80 x 96 cm
Hackaert specialised particularly in Italianate landscapes and woodland scenes, the present canvas depicting a wooded landscape with a shepherd and his herd is an example of the latter category. Influenced greatly by the respective styles of Dutch Italianate artists such as Jan Both and Jan Asselijn, Hackaert’s treatment of colour owes much to these two predecessors.