Jan Both (Follower), Idyllic River Landscape With Figures

Jan Both (Follower), Idyllic River Landscape With FiguresThis early 18th century Dutch oil painting depicts figures in a picturesque backlit river landscape. Its influenced by the works of Jan Both (1615 1652). A falling sun casts an atmospheric glow, rendered in a gentle gradient of tints, illuminating the partially obscured horizon and spilling into the river. Its distinctly Claudian, with the foreground in shadow, broken by flickers of crisp foliage and highlights on the forms of resting figures. The

the silhouetted effects

he debuted at the Royal Academy

at which he excelled

Kiærskou was a distinguished painter of landscapes

of Sherborne Lane

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Koekkoek’s father was taught by his brother

and Italy in a fervent light-obsessed pilgrimage

the rather splendidly named Sam Uhr Uhrdin the Elder

he was soon elected as a member of the New Society of Painters in Watercolours

Canvas relined twice

and Moïse Kisling