Landscape with Ruins and Two Cows at the Waterside, from a series of four horizontal Roman Landscapes (1645/50): Artwork and History

Landscape with Ruins and Two Cows at the Waterside, from a series of four horizontal Roman Landscapes (1645/50) is in the Art Institute of Chicago collection. The museum lists its creator attribution as Jan Both Dutch, c. 1618-1652.

The work and its context

The Art Institute of Chicago describes the work:

Jan Both was one of the principal Dutch painters of idyllic Italian views. This print, one of a series of four horizontal Roman landscapes, is in the artist's mature style and was probably executed in Utrecht after his return from Italy in 1641. The variety of linear treatment and the deeper etching of the foreground reveal Both's efforts to capture the effects of Italy's golden light.

Object facts

• Title: Landscape with Ruins and Two Cows at the Waterside, from a series of four horizontal Roman Landscapes
• Date: 1645/50
• Artist attribution: Jan Both Dutch, c. 1618-1652
• Place of origin: Holland
• 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.)
• Type: Print
• Department: Prints and Drawings
• Reference number: 1960.838

Collection credit

Gift of Marie Louise Pritchard

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