Italian Landscape

Painting

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Calvin University Center Art Gallery

The painting depicts a serene landscape with a winding path leading through a mountainous terrain, where travelers on horseback are journeying under the shade of tall, lush trees. In the background, expansive hills stretch towards a gentle horizon, with a river cutting through the valley, reflecting the soft glow of the sky.

The painting depicts a serene landscape with a winding path leading through a mountainous terrain, where travelers on horseback are journeying under the shade of tall, lush trees. In the background, expansive hills stretch towards a gentle horizon, with a river cutting through the valley, reflecting the soft glow of the sky.

Name/Title

Italian Landscape

Entry/Object ID

1957.2.3

Description

Landscape with tree on the right side, peasants lead horses up the road in the center, and mountains rise in the background.

Type of Painting

Panel

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil

Category

Vault, Plants and Nature, Landscape, People

Made/Created

Artist

Jan Both

Date made

1630 - 1652

Dimensions

Dimension Description

image size

Height

22 in

Width

25-1/2 in

Dimension Description

frame size

Height

27-1/2 in

Width

31-5/8 in

Exhibitions

Loan @ Grand Rapids Art Museum - Dutch Masters from Grand Rapids Collections 1972
Dutch Masters from Michigan Collections - February 19 - March 19, 1976

Exhibition

Permanent Collection: Prince Conference Center, President's Dining Room - October 2002 - March 2004

Notes

piece removed in 2003 when a large crack appeared.
90 Years of Collecting - September 4–October 20, 2012 Center Art Gallery

General Notes

Note

Jan Both (1618-1652) Jan Both was born in Utrecht in 1618. From 1634 to 1637 he was taught by the painter Gerard van Honthorst. Like his brother and fellow artist Andries Both he worked for a period in Rome. There he met the Frenchman Claude Lorrain, with whom he collaborated on a series of landscape paintings. The everyday life of the streets of Rome became a favorite theme in his works. On his return to Utrecht (probably in 1642) he stopped producing genre pieces and focused instead on pictures of Italian landscapes bathed in a warm, golden light. This was a theme several other Dutch painters had also adopted: they were known as the Italianates.