Lucas Smout II (1671 - 1713), Italian Harbor Scene

Lucas Smout II
Flemish painter
Antwerp 1671 - 1713 Antwerp
An Italianate harbour scene
Oil on canvas : 49,5 X 59,9 cm
Signed lower middle “L.smout”
Frame : 66,1 X 76,7 cm

Pupil of Hendrik van Minderhout (Rotterdam 1632 – 1696 Antwerp) in the year 1685/86. Van Minderhout was a Dutch-born marine painter, who was primarily active in Flanders. He arrived at the age of twenty in Bruges and stayed here twenty years between 1652 and 1672, when he moved to Antwerp; he worked there until his death in 1696.

Lucas II lived all his life in Antwerp; judging by a few views of the beach of Scheveningen, he must have visited the Dutch Republic. He remained single until his death at the age of 42. His brother Dominicus, who was also a painter, inherited his utensils, prints, drawings, etc.

All my paintings stand fully documented on my website:
https://www.jeanmoust.com/categories/landscapes/smout-lucas-ii/an-italianate-harbour-scene-6520216