Thomas Wyck was a Haarlem landscape and genre painter of the Italianate School. He joined the St. Luke's Guild in that city but it is uncertain exactly when. He painted many interior scenes but also made a reputation for himself specialising in outdoor scenes, mostly with merchants resting outside an inn or tavern or travellers resting on the road. He made extensive use of Roman ruins in these scenes and more often the composition is centred around an arch. He made a lengthy stay in Italy, particularly in Rome and given the number of drawings of views of Naples it is assumed he visited there as well.

Wyck produced copious drawings during his travels in Italy, especially in and around Naples. Many were used for his compositions executed in Haarlem upon his return to Holland. When Charles II took the throne after the Restoration, he travelled to London and produced some spectacular views of London, both before and after the Great Fire of 1666. It is not known exactly whom he studied with but it is assumed he knew well the work of Pieter van Laer, whose pseudonym (Il Bamboccio) led to the creation of a specific group of Netherlandish painters in Rome and to which Wyck was a member.

Museums where examples of the artist's work can be found include:

Amsterdam (Rijsksmuseum), Berlin, Caen, Dresden, The Hague, London (Courtauld), Oslo, St. Petersburg, San Francisco, Vienna (Kunsthistorisches) and Washington.