Jan Both

Portrait by Abraham Willaerts, 1668

Years of life:	1618 – 1652
Artist's Teachers:	Dirck Both, Abraham Bloemaert
Art Movement:	Baroque, Dutch Golden Age

Genre:	Landscape , Mythology , Genre scenes
Country:	Netherlands
Century:	XVII

A Dutch landscape painter who studied in Rome and painted idyllic landscapes à la Claude Lorrain. Compared with Lorraine, his paintings are more detailed and literal.

Jan Both’s major works are Italian Landscape, c. 1635–41 (Cambridge: Fitzwilliam Museum); Bandits Leading Prisoners, c. 1646 (Boston: Museum of Fine Arts).

References:

Robert Cumming. Art: complete encyclopedia. – 512 p. – Moscow: Astrel, 2005.

Artworks:

Evening Landscape

1640 - 1650

Evening Landscape • 1640 - 1650
Italian Landscape with Draughtsman

1630-1652

Italian Landscape with Draughtsman • 1630-1652
Ruins at the Sea

1625

Ruins at the Sea • 1625
Susanna and the Elders

1642

Susanna and the Elders • 1642
Italian landscape by evening

1645

Italian landscape by evening • 1645
Italian Landscape with an Ox-cart

Mid-17th century

Italian Landscape with an Ox-cart • Mid-17th century
Italian Landscape with Roman Warriors

1650

Italian Landscape with Roman Warriors • 1650
Italian Landscape

1637-1642

Italian Landscape • 1637-1642
Dancers in a Landscape

between 1635 and 1652

Dancers in a Landscape • between 1635 and 1652
Banks of a Brook

1641-1645

Banks of a Brook • 1641-1645
An ox-cart in the landscape

1640s

An ox-cart in the landscape • 1640s
An Italianate Landscape with Travelers on a Path

1645-1650

An Italianate Landscape with Travelers on a Path • 1645-1650
A Mountain Path

1645-1650

A Mountain Path • 1645-1650
Italian landscape with mule driver

between 1640 and 1652

Italian landscape with mule driver • between 1640 and 1652
Folk Scene Among Roman Ruins

between 1640 and 1652

Folk Scene Among Roman Ruins • between 1640 and 1652
Italian Landscape with Ferry

1652

Italian Landscape with Ferry • 1652
Italian Landscape with the Ponte Molle

between 1640 and 1652

Italian Landscape with the Ponte Molle • between 1640 and 1652
Farmyard

between 1630 and 1670

Farmyard • between 1630 and 1670
Italian Landscape with a View of a Harbor

between 1640 and 1652

Italian Landscape with a View of a Harbor • between 1640 and 1652
Italian Landscape

1645

Italian Landscape • 1645
Italian Landscape

1645

Italian Landscape • 1645
Italian Landscape with a Path

between 1645 and 1650

Italian Landscape with a Path • between 1645 and 1650
Wooded Hillside with a Vista

1645

Wooded Hillside with a Vista • 1645
Landscape with Cattle, Italy

1670s

Landscape with Cattle, Italy • 1670s
Bandits Leading Prisoners

1645

Bandits Leading Prisoners • 1645
Italian Landscape with Travellers

between 1645 and 1650

Italian Landscape with Travellers • between 1645 and 1650
Italian Landscape with Horsemen

1640s

Italian Landscape with Horsemen • 1640s
An Italianate Evening Landscape

1650

An Italianate Evening Landscape • 1650
Italianate Landscape with an Artist Sketching from Nature

1645-1650

Italianate Landscape with an Artist Sketching from Nature • 1645-1650
Evening Landscape

second quarter of 17th century

Evening Landscape • second quarter of 17th century
Road by the Edge of a Lake

1637-1642

Road by the Edge of a Lake • 1637-1642
A Landscape with the Judgement of Paris

1645

A Landscape with the Judgement of Paris • 1645
Landscape with Resting Travellers and Oxcart

1645

Landscape with Resting Travellers and Oxcart • 1645
Landscape with Nymphs

Unknown date

Landscape with Nymphs • Unknown date
Italianate Landscape with travellers

1646

Italianate Landscape with travellers • 1646
Landscape with a Draftsman

1645

Landscape with a Draftsman • 1645
A View on the Tiber

1641

A View on the Tiber • 1641
A Rocky Landscape with Peasants and Pack Mules

1645

A Rocky Landscape with Peasants and Pack Mules • 1645
A Rocky Landscape with an Ox-cart

1640-1645

A Rocky Landscape with an Ox-cart • 1640-1645
Rocky landscape with passengers and footbridge

between 1630 and 1652

Rocky landscape with passengers and footbridge • between 1630 and 1652
A Pass in the Apennines

between 1655 and 1660

A Pass in the Apennines • between 1655 and 1660
Landscape with Travellers

1650

Landscape with Travellers • 1650
Travelers in an Italian Landscape

1649

Travelers in an Italian Landscape • 1649
Landscape with Three Tall Oaks and Travellers

1650

Landscape with Three Tall Oaks and Travellers • 1650
Landscape with Figures

1650

Landscape with Figures • 1650
A Horse Drinking

1635-1638

A Horse Drinking • 1635-1638
An Italian Landscape

1645

An Italian Landscape • 1645
Ox-cart in an Italian Landscape

between 1638 and 1642

Ox-cart in an Italian Landscape • between 1638 and 1642
Italian Landscape with Mountain Path and Ford

1642

Italian Landscape with Mountain Path and Ford • 1642
Italianate Landscape with Travellers crossing a Stream

1650

Italianate Landscape with Travellers crossing a Stream • 1650
Mountain landscape with a bridge

1642

Mountain landscape with a bridge • 1642
An Italianate landscape with a muleteer and travellers on a mountain track

1650

An Italianate landscape with a muleteer and travellers on a mountain track • 1650
An Italianate wooded landscape with travellers

1650

An Italianate wooded landscape with travellers • 1650
Landscape with Ponte Molle

1652

Landscape with Ponte Molle • 1652
An Italian Landscape

between 1645 and 1650

An Italian Landscape • between 1645 and 1650
Landscape with ruins

1640

Landscape with ruins • 1640
Crossing the Pass

between 1639 and 1641

Crossing the Pass • between 1639 and 1641
Baptism of the Eunuch of Queen Candace

1640

Baptism of the Eunuch of Queen Candace • 1640
Landscape with Mercury and Argus

1650

Landscape with Mercury and Argus • 1650
Landscape with St Philip Baptizing the Eunuch

between 1640 and 1649

Landscape with St Philip Baptizing the Eunuch • between 1640 and 1649