Drovers with Cattle under an Arch of the Colosseum in Rome
Jan Asselijn
1640 - 1652
Medium
oil on panel
Dimensions
45; 6; 42
About this artwork
oil on panel
About the Artist
Jan Asselijn · 1610–1652
Jan Asselijn (c. 1610–1652), born Jean Asselin in Dieppe, France, to a Huguenot family, emerged as a leading figure in Dutch Golden Age landscape painting. His family relocated to Amsterdam around 1621, where he began his artistic training. He received instruction from Esaias van de Velde, a pioneering realist landscapist, and later studied with Jan Martszen the Younger, Esaias's nephew, producing...