Roman School, Late 17th – Early 18th Century Landscape With Figures Oil On Canvas

Roman School, Late 17th – Early 18th century
Landscape with figures
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 17th century. Among the various artists, in relation to this work, we should mention Pandolfo Reschi (1643-1696), Frederik de Moucheron (1633-1686) and above all Jan Both (Utrecht, 1618-1652). The artist was a pupil of the painter Gerard van Honthorst and moved to Italy around 1635. 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. On his return to Utrecht (probably in 1642) he continued to paint landscapes in an Italianate style bathed in a warm, golden light, in harmony with Bartholomeus Breenbergh.