A Mountainous Landscape with Travelers

Jan Both (Dutch, about 1618–1652)

about 1645

Medium/TechniqueOil on panel

Dimensions47.6 × 64.1 cm (18 3/4 × 25 1/4 in.)

Credit LinePromised gift of Susan and Matthew Weatherbie, in support of the Center for Netherlandish Art

Accession numberL-R 74.2021

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ClassificationsPaintings

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ProvenanceProbably acquired by William Boreel (b. 1744 - d. 1796), 7th Baronet and Baron of Oud- en Nieuw Goudriaan, Amsterdam and passed by inheritance to his widow, Maria Trip Boreel (b. 1740 - d. 1813), Amsterdam; September 23, 1814, posthumous Maria Boreel sale, Schley, Amsterdam, lot 2, sold for fl. 3100 to Louis-Bernard Coclers (b. 1740 – d. 1817), Liège. By 1835, Johan Steengracht van Oostcapelle (b. 1782 - d. 1846), The Hague [see note 1]; by descent to his grandson, Baron Hendrick Adolf Steengracht van Duivenvoorde (b. 1836 - d. 1912), The Hague; June 9, 1913, posthumous Steengracht van Duivenvoorde sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, lot 8, sold for fr. 13,700 to Boussod et Valadon (dealer), Paris. 1946, private collection, Aix-en-Provence [see note 2]. 1995, Johnny van Haeften, London; 1995, probably sold by Johnny van Haeften to a private collection, Boston; 2005, probably sold back to Johnny van Haeften; 2006, probably sold by Johnny van Haeften to a private collection, England [see note 3]; 2016, sold by this private colection, through Johnny van Haeften, to Susan and Matthew Weatherbie, Boston.

NOTES:
[1] Recorded in the Steengracht collection by John Smith, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish, and French Painters (London, 1835), vol. 6, p. 206, cat. no. 95.

[2] According to Annette de Vries, Passie voor schilderijen: de verzameling Steengracht van Duivenvoorde (Voorschoten and Leiden, 2012), p. 86.

[3] Information about the painting's provenance from 1995 until 2016 was provided by Johnny van Haeften at the time of sale. The painting was lent anonymously to the exhibition "The Poetry of Everyday Life: Dutch Paintings in Boston Collections" (MFA, Boston, June 12-September 15, 2002).