A pleasant walk - Isaak van Oosten (1613-1661)

Oil on copper

We'd like to thank dr. Jan de Maere and dr. Joost Vander Auwera for their advice.

Isaak van Oosten was a flemish Baroque landscape and cabinet painter active in Antwerp. His compositions appear to have een popular and incorporate all the elements of the Antwerp School of landscape painting of the first half of the 17th century. There is an overall sense of gentleness and calm in these compositions. An even, gentle light spreads over the entire painting and the trees are untouched by the wind.
He often painted on copper, the smooth surface of which allowed him to arrive at his detailed depictions of flora and fauna.