Landscape with Figures

Image credit: University of Edinburgh

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A warm Italianate-lit landscape with a large tree in the centre, a lake in the distance and high ground to the left and travellers walking uphill. The dreamy atmosphere with a clear bright sunlight is rich in nuances of colour and detail. This typical technique shows the qualities of the painter who clearly knows what he depicts, he has been to Italy and observed, this is reflected in the high quality and atmosphere of his works.

This painting captures the soft, golden light of the Roman Campagna rather than the cool light of northern Europe, though it was probably executed after Both had returned to Utrecht. The figures in this work may have been excecuted by Jan's elder brother, Andries Both.

University of Edinburgh

George Square

Title

Landscape with Figures

Medium

oil on panel

Measurements

H 106 x W 101.5 cm

Accession number

EU0705

Acquisition method

bequeathed as part of the Torrie Collection, 1836

Work type

Painting

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University of Edinburgh

George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland

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