Jan Both

Italian Landscape

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Jan Both
Italian Landscape

1645 On view in Room 12

It is mainly the light that stands out in this idyllic landscape. Everything is bathed in the warm, golden light of a low sun. Some travellers are crossing a mountain path and stop to relieve themselves. In between the trees, we can see the calm water of a lake.

When he was twenty, Jan Both went south and lived a few years in Italy, where he took inspiration for this type of sun-drenched mountain landscape. Upon returning to his hometown of Utrecht, he painted dozens of them.

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Italian Landscape

1645 On view in Room 12

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General information
Jan Both (Utrecht c. 1618 - 1652 Utrecht)
Italian Landscape
1645
painting
20
Room 12
Material and technical details
oil
canvas
108.2 x 125.8 cm
Inscriptions
lower centre: JBoth
JB in ligature

Provenance

Hermina Jacoba, Baroness van Leyden, Warmond; purchased, 1816