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| Title | Landscape with Figures | |
| Collection | Dundee Art Galleries and Museums / McManus Galleries | |
| Artist | Attributed to Swanenburgh, Cornelis van (Dutch painter, died 1710) Previously attributed to school of Both, Jan (Dutch painter, ca. 1618-1652) |
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| Date Earliest | possibly about 1655 | |
| Date Latest | possibly about 1710 | |
| Description | This mountainous landscape bathed in warm sunlight is inspired by the Italian countryside. It features a picturesque group of travellers, with horse and donkeys, moving along a path under large trees in the right foreground. Although bearing the inscriptions ‘JB' and ‘JA Both fet', this sunlit view is not considered to be by Jan Both - the signatures are later additions. The picture bears similarities to the two known signed paintings by Cornelis van Swanenburgh (Centraal Museum, Utrecht). | |
| Current Accession Number | 1971-125 | |
| Inscription | front ll ‘JB’; lr: ‘J A Both fet.’ | |
| Subject | landscape; figure | |
| Measurements | 30.5 x 47 cm.0 cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on canvas | |
| Acquisition Details | Bequeathed by David Air 1960 | |
| Provenance | E.J. Air. | |
| Publications | Boon, K.G., Cornelis van Swanenburch, een navolger van Jan Both, Kunsthistorische Mededelingen van het Rijksmuseum voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie, vol II, 1947, no.2, pp.17-19; Hardie, W., Dundee City Art Gallery Catalogue, Dundee, 1973, p.112. | |
| Notes | Attribution: Entered the collection in 1960 as by Jan Both. However, the signatures are additions. The picture was attributed to Swanenburgh by Nieuwstraten (letter, 24 March 1971 in gallery file). The attribution is based on the treatment of the staffage, foliage, curves in the landscape and the sky. | |
| Rights Owner | © McManus Galleries and Museum | |
| Author | Dr Claudia Heide | |