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| Thomas Wijck Italians in a cloister court before 1677 oil on canvas Philadelphia Museum of Art |
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| Thomas Wijck Almsgiving before 1677 oil on canvas Philadelphia Museum of Art |
"Given the lack of dated works by Thomas Wyck [or Wijck], it is difficult to establish which paintings he executed in Rome, since even after his return to the Netherlands he painted Dutch Italianate themes, using black chalk and wash drawings done from life in Rome, a large number of which have survived. It is likely that the paintings most directly reflecting the work of northern artists active in Rome ca. 1640 and those depicting the city's landscape with the greatest sense of immediacy and realism date from his Roman period and the years shortly thereafter. . . . Wyck presented a 'backstreet' view of Rome, bereft of the great Classical and Renaissance monuments that were the main focus of attention for other Dutch Italianates and, more especially, for their northern clientele. It is rarely possible to identify specific locations in his works, but despite or perhaps because of this, Wyck's views of the city, undoubtedly composed in the studio according to specific structural principles, seem more convincing and more realistic than those created by the Italianate artists of the second half of the 17th century."
– text from notes by Sphinx Fine Art, London (2012)
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| Thomas Wijck Piazza by moonlight ca. 1650-60 drawing National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
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| Thomas Wijck Mediterranean port scene before 1677 drawing Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge |
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| Thomas Wijck Italian landscape before 1677 drawing Teylers Museum, Haarlem |
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| Thomas Wijck Landscape with tower before 1677 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Thomas Wijck Study of Roman ruins before 1677 drawing British Museum |
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| Thomas Wijck Italian palazzo before 1677 drawing Teylers Museum, Haarlem |
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| Thomas Wijck View of Palazzo Contarini del Bonvolo, Venice before 1677 drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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| Thomas Wijck Interior of ruined building before 1677 drawing British Museum |
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| Thomas Wijck Study of interior with woman by a window before 1677 drawing British Museum |
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| Thomas Wijck Kitchen interior before 1677 drawing Teylers Museum, Haarlem |
The sequence of interior views below appears to have been derived from northern rather than southern European models.
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| Thomas Wijck Interior with unshuttered window before 1677 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Thomas Wijck Interior with open window before 1677 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Thomas Wijck Workshop interior before 1677 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |