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An Artist Seated at His Easel [recto]

Andries Both

possibly c. 1634

An Artist Seated at His Easel [recto] by Andries Both

Medium

pen and brown ink

Dimensions

overall: 14 x 18.6 cm (5 1/2 x 7 5/16 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Department

CG-E

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Gift of Alice Steiner

Accession Number

1985.41.1.a

Rights

Public Domain

About the Artist

Andries Both · 1612–1641

**Andries Both** (c. 1612/1613–1642) was a Dutch genre painter best known for his lively depictions of everyday life among the lower classes in Rome and its countryside. Born in Utrecht as the son of glass painter Dirck Both, he trained alongside his brother Jan under the prominent Utrecht master Abraham Bloemaert, with records confirming his apprenticeship in 1624–1625. Both and his brother trav...

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