The Ox-Cart, from Upright Italian Landscapes

Jan Both Dutch, c. 1618-1652 →

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Date

1638/52

Medium

Etching on paper

Dimensions

26.8 × 21 cm (10 9/16 × 8 5/16 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

John H. Wrenn Fund

Sons of a glass painter, Jan and Andries Both studied for a time with the Utrecht painter Abraham Bloemaert, and went to Rome after 1635. Whereas Andries specialized in peasant and lowlife scenes, Jan favored Italianate landscapes in the tradition of Claude Lorrain. When his brother drowned in a Venetian canal in 1641, Jan returned to Utrecht.

Also notable

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Italian Landscape with Travelers

Jan Both (Dutch, c. 1618–1652)

Landscape with Ruins and Two Cows at the Waterside, from a series of four horizontal Roman Landscapes

Jan Both Dutch, c. 1618-1652

Italian Landscape with a Bridge

Jan Both Dutch, c. 1618-1652

The Large Tree, from Upright Italian Landscapes

Jan Both Dutch, c. 1618-1652