Jan Ludewick De Wouters, Wooded Landscape With Riders, Ruin & Distant Town reserved was renowned for translating nobility

was renowned for translating nobility into light

the window at Tregear's was such a feast for the eyes that a young lad was nearly killed while gawping through the glass - a passing wagon severed his arm

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This reduced the chance of his finished works ever becoming laboured

Jan Ludewick De Wouters, Wooded Landscape With Riders, Ruin & Distant Town reserved was renowned for translating nobilityThis 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