(Amsterdam, 1724 - 1801)
Exterior with blacksmith and peasants
Oil on panel, 46X35 cm
Buys was born in Amsterdam and trained with Cornelis Pronk, Jacob de Wit and Cornelis Troost, eventually becoming director of the Amsterdam Academy of Drawing. He painted portraits, bas-reliefs and tapestries, drew book illustrations and made copies of the works of the best masters of the 17th century. Buys became a member of the Guild of St. Luke of Amsterdam in 1750.
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