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Het Gezicht

Jan Both

1620 - 1638

Medium

etching

Dimensions

h 222mm × w 175mm

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

paper

Object Type

Subject Matter

sight, looking (one of the five senses); eyeglasses, spectacles; quack, charlatan, mountebank, 'saltimbanco'; street-trader

Production Place

Utrecht

Acquisition Method

transferred

Acquired

1816

Notes

height 222 mm x width 175 mm

Collection Type

prints

About Jan Both

1615–1652 • Dutch Republic

Brother of Andries Both, he was one of the foremost painters among the second generation of Dutch Italianates. While working in Italy he specialized in genre scenes; however, on his return to the Netherlands he concentrated on detailed, wooded landscapes bathed in a golden light. Comment on works: Genre; Landscapes; Views.