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Italian Landscape with a Bridge, 1642/52. Pen and brown ink, with brush and gray wash, over traces of black chalk, on ivory laid paper; verso, slight sketches of leaves in pen and brown ink.

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Pen and brown ink, with brush and gray wash, over traces of black chalk, on ivory laid paper; verso, slight sketches of leaves in pen and brown ink · 20.4 × 29 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title
Italian Landscape with a Bridge
Artist
Jan Both Dutch, c. 1618-1652
Date
1642/52
Medium
Pen and brown ink, with brush and gray wash, over traces of black chalk, on ivory laid paper; verso, slight sketches of leaves in pen and brown ink
Dimensions
20.4 × 29 cm (8 1/16 × 11 7/16 in.)
Credit line
Olivia Shaler Swan Fund
Image license
CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record
Art Institute of Chicago

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.

Italian Landscape with a Bridge · Jan Both, 1642/52
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