An Artist Seated at His Easel [recto]
Andries Both
possibly c. 1634
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...