Italian Landscape

Italian Landscape

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.
General information
Artist Jan Both (c. 1618 - 1652)
Titel Italian Landscape
Dating c. 1645
Object name painting
Material and technical details
Technique oil
Material canvas
Dimensions height: 108.2 cm
width: 125.8 cm
Other details
Inscriptions signed: JBoth
Inventory number 20
Origin Hermina Jacoba, Baroness van Leyden, Warmond; purchased, 1816

location mauritshuis Plein 29
2511 CS Den Haag