Artist: Jan Both (Dutch, c. 1618–1652), painter, draughtsman, and etcher, worked in Utrecht. In Rome 1638-1641 and Venice 1641-1642.
Title: Travellers and their mules on the wooden bridge near Sulmona and Tivoli.
Signed in plate lower left corner: "Both fe." Collector's stamp LKB (for Louis H. Kohn, Chicago) verso.
Dimensions: Sheet 8" x 11".
Date: 1636-1652.
Materials and Techniques: etching on laid paper.
Provenance: Collection of Louis H. Kohn, Chicago, Illinois (Lugt 1730).
The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: Trimmed margins. Remnants of glue verso. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Catalog Raisonne: Bartsch. Le Peintre graveur (V.210.10).
Part of: Views of Rome and its surroundings, series of six plates.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum F,2.73.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: Flemish School XVII C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia and the catalog entry of the same item from the British Museum collection.