LOUIS DE CAULLERY (Caullery, circa 1580- Antwerp, 1621). "Reception before the church". Flemish school, XVII century. Oil on canvas. Re-drawn.

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  LOUIS DE CAULLERY (Caullery, circa 1580- Antwerp, 1621). "Reception before the church". Flemish school, XVII century. Oil on canvas. Re-drawn. Size: 45 x 61.5 cm; 56 x 73 cm (frame). Louis de Caullery was a painter with special mastery for the representation of crowds gathered at official events, congregations of all kinds, court festivities and popular meetings. This is splendidly demonstrated in this Flemish-themed painting, in which the arrival of the kings has brought the whole city together in front of the church. Animated groups unfold in gestures and gestures, rich attire and humble clothes, as all social classes attend the event. We see a horse drinking from a stone fountain, royal banners announcing their arrival, courtiers at the doors of the baroque church, boats docking in the harbor with the flag of the Netherlands unfurled. Louis de Caullery was a French painter who in 1594 began his artistic training in Caullery as an apprentice to Joos de Momper in the guild of St. Luke, where he enrolled as a master in the 1602/1603 course. Despite his training at Momper's side, Caulery's work is closer to Mannerist sophistication than to Baroque naturalism. He was clearly influenced by some of the engravings of Hans Vredeman de Vries, mainly, from whom he took the whimsical architectural backgrounds. His work also shows similar characteristics to the painting of the artist Frans Francken II, which can be seen especially in the anatomical treatment of the figures, although in Caullery these are always represented as a volumetric aesthetic, both in the courtly scenes and in the allegorical ones, which form the most interesting part of his production. Caullery was inclined towards genre painting and dealt with a great variety of scenes: carnivals on ice, fireworks, bullfights, outdoor collections, allegories of the five senses and encounters painted in the spirit of the school of Fontainebleau. The height of his characters, their exquisite postures, soft faces and bare foreheads characterize his style. His colors are very sophisticated. Under the influence of the Italian masters, his palette proved to be an innovation in Flanders: semitones, yellow ochre, veronese green and burgundy red. His representation of buildings shows that he is concerned with great precision, while he is very skillful in presenting perspective.
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