Sonian Forest Painters

In the 17th century, the Sonian Forest south of Brussels had its own school of painters: Lodewijk de Vadder (1605–1655), Jacques d'Arthois (1613–1686), Lucas Achtschellinck (1626–1699) and Ignatius van der Stock (1636–1668). This application unites their four catalogues raisonnés — 2,484 works: paintings, drawings, prints and tapestries, documented by attribution, provenance, public auctions, exhibitions, bibliography and iconography. Everything works offline. The four corpora and their visualisations are embedded in the app: in a museum basement or an auction room without signal, the catalogues answer. BROWSE AND SEARCH • Each catalogue in its curated order, and the school as a whole • Free-text search across titles, motifs, media, possessors and more • Filters by painter and by category • Every term of a work links to the related works that share it • Swipe left and right through a work's neighbours, following your search RECOGNISE A WORK • Photograph a painting — or pick a photo — and the app finds it across the four catalogues, entirely on the device • Disputed attributions are surfaced: a work catalogued by two painters is shown once, under both names KEEP YOUR SELECTION • Star any work; your saved list stays on your device The catalogues raisonnés are maintained by their author; the companion website is sonianforestpainters.net.