# Sonian Forest Painters — Four catalogues raisonnés

> Four catalogues raisonnés (iPhone/iPad app by Jean-Baptiste G.Y. Felix.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sonian-forest-painters/id6806034663 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Jean-Baptiste G.Y. Felix](https://appshunter.io/developer/6797464738)
- Category: Reference, Education
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.1 · 271 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-09-23
- Data updated: 2026-10-31

## What is 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.

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Sonian Forest Painters appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Sonian Forest Painters is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.0.4 — 2026-10-21

Search across the four catalogues: each work now carries its catalogue number (CB, C, CDW, CWD), and the filters keep to the categories the four catalogues share. Painters' pages: the link to the school of the Sonian Forest Painters now shows its full title and the map; the filters open from "Search a work by categories and/or tags".

### 1.0.3 — 2026-10-08

Search by image: photographs taken by the iPhone (HEIC) are now recognised; the photograph is sent as a lighter JPEG, so the comparison starts sooner. Works photographed in a gallery or a museum — frame, reflections, uneven light — are now identified when the comparison proves the match.

### 1.0.2 — 2026-10-07

Search by image: after taking or choosing a photograph, drag four handles to the corners of the painting — leaving out the frame and the wall — and the photograph is straightened and cropped before the comparison. Recognition is far more reliable for paintings photographed in their frame.

### 1.0.1 — 2026-09-20

Redesigned to match the sonianforestpainters.net websites: the school's portal, each painter's home page, the catalogue with its search filters, and the full record of every work, exactly as published online.
The catalogues are updated automatically from the websites whenever the app opens, and remain available offline.
Photographs are compared by the website's recognition engine for certain identifications.

### 1.0.0 — 2026-09-18

No release notes.

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All apps by Jean-Baptiste G.Y. Felix: https://appshunter.io/developer/6797464738

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