Jacob van Oost was a Flemish Baroque painter and son and pupil of Jacob van Oost the Elder. He settled in Lille, where he continued his father's tradition, albeit in a somewhat more diffuse style, in which suggestive use is made of flaky, smeared brushstrokes. His life-like Portrait of a Man (1697) is a good example of his painting style.
Much of his work remains in the churches and museums of that city. |
