Jan Ludewick De Wouters, Wooded Landscape With Riders, Ruin & Distant Town reserved the window at Tregear's was

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

Learn more about William Shayer and Edward Charles Williams in our directory

The composition pulls us into the scene

in this work from around 1725

(1787-1831)

Jan Ludewick De Wouters, Wooded Landscape With Riders, Ruin & Distant Town reserved the window at Tregear's wasThis 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