Jan Both

Dutch, 1615/1618 - 1652

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Warm light coming from the left illuminates four men standing in pairs on either side of a dirt road that winds between rocky, tree-studded hills and a misty river in this almost square landscape painting. The trees have tall, gnarled, brown trunks with high canopies of sage, olive, and forest green while others have golden yellow leaves. The road curves in a C-shape along the foot of the hills that rise up the right side of the composition, their craggy faces painted in warm tones of sand, fawn, and caramel brown. Closest to us is rocky terrain covered with scrubby plants and two moss-covered trees growing next to a broken tree trunk that separates us from the men. The trees are just right of center and divide the scene vertically. The two men to the right of the tree rest among boulders next to the road. One sits and the other stands, and each holds a tall staff. A light-gray, bearded goat lies to the right of the men and closer inspection reveals another grazing nearby. On the left, one man sitting astride a donkey turns his head away from us to look at the man standing just behind him. The men are all simply dressed in knee-length breeches, shirts, and sleeveless coats in shades of brick red, ivory, and tan, or ginger brown, and wear tall, wide brimmed hats. A man driving cattle approaches them from farther back along the road. Beyond the tall trees near the center, the hills slope down to a winding river fringed with trees. The river flows into the distance, past headlands jutting into the water, and ends at a tall mountain rising from the low horizon. A thin wash of butter yellow creates a hazy glow over the river, headlands, and distant mountain. A pale robin's egg-blue sky scattered with petal-pink and dusty rose-colored clouds fills the top of the scene.
Jan Both, An Italianate Evening Landscape, c. 1650, oil on canvas, Patrons' Permanent Fund, 2000.91.1

An Italianate Evening Landscape

Jan Both · c. 1650 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  2000.91.1

Jan Both, A Cavalier Lying on the Ground, c. 1640, black chalk heightened with white on blue-washed laid paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1996.68.1

A Cavalier Lying on the Ground

Jan Both · c. 1640 · black chalk heightened with white on blue-washed laid paper ·  Accession ID  1996.68.1

Jan Both, The Hinny Drover, via Appia, etching, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1974.54.11

The Hinny Drover, via Appia

Jan Both · · etching ·  Accession ID  1974.54.11

Jan Both, View of the Tiber in the Campagna, etching, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1972.28.28

View of the Tiber in the Campagna

Jan Both · · etching ·  Accession ID  1972.28.28

Jan Both, Theodor Matham, The Two Hinnies, etching, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1971.27.1

The Two Hinnies

Jan Both, Theodor Matham · · etching ·  Accession ID  1971.27.1

Jan Both, The Large Tree, etching, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1972.28.20

The Large Tree

Jan Both · · etching ·  Accession ID  1972.28.20

Jan Both, The Ponte Molle, etching on wove paper, posthumous impression, Rosenwald Collection, 1952.8.75

The Ponte Molle

Jan Both · · etching on wove paper, posthumous impression ·  Accession ID  1952.8.75

Jan Both, The Ponte Molle, etching, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1972.28.23

The Ponte Molle

Jan Both · · etching ·  Accession ID  1972.28.23

Jan Both, Fishermen at the Tiber, near the Soracte, etching, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1972.28.18

Fishermen at the Tiber, near the Soracte

Jan Both · · etching ·  Accession ID  1972.28.18

Jan Both, View of the Tiber in the Campagna, etching, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1972.28.27

View of the Tiber in the Campagna

Jan Both · · etching ·  Accession ID  1972.28.27

Bibliography

1753

  • Houbraken, Arnold. De Groote Schouburgh der Nederlantsche Konstschilders en Schilderessen. 3 vols. in 1. The Hague, 1753 (Reprint: Amsterdam, 1976): 2:114-117.

1880

  • Muller, Samuel. Schilders-Vereenigingen te Utrecht. De Utrechtsche Archieven 1. Utrecht, 1880: 118-122.

1917

  • Hoogewerff, G.J. Bescheiden in Italië omtrent Nederlandsche kunstenaars en geleerden. 3 vols. The Hague, 1917: 2:53.

1925

  • Sandrart, Joachim von. Joachim von Sandrarts Academie der Bau-, Bild, -und Mahlerey-Künste von 1675. Leben der berühmten Maler, Bildhauer und Baumeister. Edited by Alfred R. Peltzer. Abridged ed. Munich, 1925: 312.

1932

  • Jonge, C. H. de. "Utrechtse schilders der XVIIde eeuw in de verzameling van Willem Vincent, baron van Wyttenhorst". Oudheidkundig Jaarboek 4 (1932): 120-134.

1942

  • Hoogewerff, G.J. Nederlandsche kunstenaars te Rome (1600–1725): uittreksels uit de parochiale archieven. The Hague, 1942: 108-110.

1952

  • Bruyn, L. de. "Het geboortejaar van Jan Both". Oud Holland 66 (1952): 110-112.

1964

  • Waddingham, Malcolm R. "Andries and Jan Both in France and Italy". Paragone 171 (1964): 13-43.

1965

  • Blankert, Albert. Nederlandse 17e eeuwse Italianiserende landschapschilders. Exh. cat. Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 1965.

1972

  • Burke, James Donald. "Jan Both: Paintings, drawings, and prints." Ph.D. dissertation, Harvard University, Cambridge, 1972: 35.

1978

  • Blankert, Albert. Nederlandse zeventiende eeuwse Italianiserende landschapschilders. Revised and enlarged ed. Exh. cat. Centraal Museum, Utrecht. Soest, 1978: 20-23, 26-27, 112-115.

1987

  • Sutton, Peter C., et al. Masters of 17th-century Dutch Landscape Painting. Exh. cat. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Philadelphia Museum of Art. Boston, 1987: 276-277.

1988

  • Jansen, Guido, and Ger Luijten. Italianisanten en Bamboccianten: Het Italianiserende landschap en genre door Nederlandse kunstenaars uit de zeventiende eeuw. Rotterdam, 1988: 35-36.

2001

  • Schatborn, Peter. Drawn to Warmth: 17th-century Dutch Artists in Italy. Zwolle, 2001: 88-98.