View of the Ponte Rotto in Rome
Jan Asselijn
ca. 1636 - ca. 1644
Medium
point of brush and black ink, with grey wash, over black chalk; later additions in dark grey wash, with some opaque white and green watercolour; framing line in brown ink
Dimensions
313; 199
About this artwork
hoogte 199 mm x breedte 313 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...