Italian Landscape

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Italian Landscape

Jan Both
c.c.1645

20 - zaal 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.

oil on canvas
108.2 x 125.8 cm.
Acquisition 1816