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Roman Ruins with Card Players
25 5/8 x 32 1/8 in. (65.1 x 81.6 cm)Jan Both
Netherlands (1618 - 1652)
Object Type:
Painting
Medium and Support:
Oil on canvas
Credit Line:
Bequest of Albert S. Schwab
Accession Number:
1962.29
Location: Not currently on view
As an independent subject of painting, landscape first emerged in Europe during the 1600s. Its development reflects changes in the views commonly held at that time on the universe and man’s relation to it. As landscape painting developed, the Dutch were quick to acquire a taste for Italian settings and motifs. In this painting, Both uses Italian motifs, such as ruins, as pictorial elements; he then combines them with the typical genre scene of a group of men playing cards.
Also called The Ruins of the Temple of Saturn, this painting is a version of the original Jan Both painting of the same subject that is owned by the Alte Pinakothek in Munich, Germany. It was probably painted by either Jan Both or his brother, Andries.
[Gallery label text]
Born in Utrecht, Both subsequently traveled to Rome, where he remained from 1635 until 1641, when he returned to Holland. He was among the leading “bamboccianti,” as the Dutch painters were called who assimilated their native genre tradition with the classical landscape tradition they discovered in Italy. This popular composition, an autograph version of which survives in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich, shows low-life types amusing themselves near the formidable ruins of the Temple of Saturn.
[Gallery label text]
Also called The Ruins of the Temple of Saturn, this painting is a version of the original Jan Both painting of the same subject that is owned by the Alte Pinakothek in Munich, Germany. It was probably painted by either Jan Both or his brother, Andries.
[Gallery label text]
Born in Utrecht, Both subsequently traveled to Rome, where he remained from 1635 until 1641, when he returned to Holland. He was among the leading “bamboccianti,” as the Dutch painters were called who assimilated their native genre tradition with the classical landscape tradition they discovered in Italy. This popular composition, an autograph version of which survives in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich, shows low-life types amusing themselves near the formidable ruins of the Temple of Saturn.
[Gallery label text]
Provenance
[Possibly C. H. Crofts, Tonbridge, England; his sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, January 31, 1919, as lot no. 30; purchased from that sale by T. Ward;] Albert Schwab (1887-1961), Rochester NY; his bequest to the Gallery in 1961
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- In Focus: A Look at Realism in Art 12/28/1964 - 1/31/1965
- Riches for Rochester: Recent Additions to the Permanent Collection 9/22/1965 - 10/31/1965
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Scope: Reproduction only. Memorial Art Gallery. Handbook Supplement : acquisitions, 1962-68. Rochester, New York: University of Rochester Press, 1968.
- Article Scope: Entry. Peter C. Sutton. A Guide to Dutch Art in America . Washington D.C.: Netherlands-American Amity Trust ; Grand Rapids : Wm. B. Erdmans, 1986.
- Michel Makarius. Ruines. Paris, France: Flammarion, 2004.
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Partite diverse di Follia
Excerpt from Bernardo Pasquini's Partite diverse di Follia, performed by Edoardo Bellotti on the Italian Baroque Organ, to accompany this painting.
Excerpts from the Promenade CD copyright and courtesy of The Gothic Catalog, LRCD-1097.
Excerpts from the Promenade CD copyright and courtesy of The Gothic Catalog, LRCD-1097.