Landscape with Ruins and Two Cows at the Waterside, from a series of four horizontal Roman Landscapes
Jan Both
1645/50
Medium
Etching on ivory paper
Dimensions
Plate: 20 × 27.3 cm (7 7/8 × 10 3/4 in.); Sheet: 20.3 × 27.7 cm (8 × 10 15/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
12578
About the Artist
Jan Both · 1618–1652
Jan Both was born in Utrecht around 1618 into an artistically rich environment: his father was a glass painter, and his brother Andries was also a painter with whom he would collaborate during their formative years in Italy. Jan trained under Abraham Bloemaert, one of the most versatile and influential artists working in Utrecht, before traveling to Rome — a journey that would prove decisive for h...