Gezicht op de San Teodoro
Jan Asselijn
ca. 1645 - ca. 1646
Medium
point of brush and black ink, with grey wash, over graphite; outlines indented for transfer; framing line in black ink, in parts over black chalk; verso: lightly blackened for transfer
Dimensions
252; 186
About this artwork
height 186 mm x width 252 mm
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...