Gillis Neyts (1623–1687), A Mountainous Landscape With The Ruins Of A Castle

Gillis Neyts
Flemish painter
Probably Ghent 1623 – 1687 Antwerp
A mountainous landscape with the ruins of a castle
Oil on canvas : 44,7 X 60,8 cm
Signed lower right “G.Neyts”
Frame : 56,5 X 73,1 cm

Our painting is registered at the RKD, The Hague, under the number 42283.

Full transparency: our cost price = 2,208 €
= purchase price 1,330 € + shipping costs 183 € + restoration 695 €

Our export price  4.020 €

Provenance: sold at Dorotheum Vienna, 27/03/03 for 18.300 €.
The castle at left was erroneously identified here as the castle of Huy.

Our painting represents an extensive Arcadian phantasy landscape holding at left a castle ruin inspired by the so-called Castle of Caesar in Vaulx, overlooking the river Scheldt near Tournai. That small Medieval castle dated from the 13th or 14th century. The castle was rectangular shaped, with circular towers at its four corners. For some strange reason it was locally said to have been built by Julius Cesar.

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