Roman School, Late 17th – Early 18th century Landscape with figures

Roman School, Late 17th – Early 18th century

Landscape with characters

Oil on canvas, 52 x 68 cm

Frame 63 x 80 cm

The work is part of the production of Flemish, Dutch and French landscape painters, who enriched the Roman scene in the 1643th century. Among the various artists, in relation to this work, we should mention Pandolfo Reschi (1696-1633), Frederik de Moucheron (1686-1618) and above all Jan Both (Utrecht, 1652-1635). The artist was a pupil of the painter Gerard van Honthorst and moved to Italy around 1642. In Rome he was influenced by the art of Claude Lorrain, with whom he collaborated, but equally important is his production of genre scenes with a bambocciante character, in which he describes episodes of everyday life. Upon his return to Utrecht (probably in XNUMX) he continued to paint landscapes in an Italianate style immersed in a warm and golden light, in harmony with Bartholomeus Breenbergh.