Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00001188Italian Landscape with Travelers
by Jan Both
Inscriptions
Signed lower left: JBoth (initials in monogram)
Provenance
Probably William Beckford, Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire [according to the 1815 manuscript catalogue of the pictures at Langley Park, Norfolk, cited below]. Sir Thomas Beauchamp-Proctor (died 1827), Langley Park, Norfolk, by 1815 [no. 8 in the 1815 manuscript catalogue of the pictures at Langley Park, Norfolk, a photocopy kindly supplied by Sir Christopher Proctor-Beauchamp is in the curatorial file]; by descent to Sir Christopher Proctor-Beauchamp. Douwes Fine Art Ltd, London and Amsterdam, by 1984 [included in their catalogue, 1984, no. 8]; sold to the Art Institute, 1987.
Publications
J. P. Neale, View of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, vol. 6, London, 1823, [p. 74]. The Art Institute of Chicago, Annual Report 1986-1987, Chicago, 1987, pp. 40-41, ill., 56.
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Jan Both (Dutch, c. 1618–1652)
- Date
- c. 1650
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 49.5 × 61 cm (19 1/2 × 24 in.); Framed: 69.2 × 81 × 5.4 cm (27 1/4 × 31 7/8 × 2 1/8 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- oil on canvas
- Style
- 17th Century
- Place
- Holland
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture of Europe
- Credit line
- Alexander A. McKay and Annie Swan Coburn funds, purchased with funds provided by Julius Lewis
- Accession no.
- 1987.67
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