View of City from Road on Hill

Jan LootenWW-1638-522437

1638·Pen and black ink, with brush and brown wash, on ivory laid paper·21.9 × 17.1 cm (8 5/8 × 6 3/4 in.)

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Catalogue

Year: 1638
Medium: Pen and black ink, with brush and brown wash, on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: 21.9 × 17.1 cm (8 5/8 × 6 3/4 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Jan Looten

Artist

Jan Looten

Painting

Jan Looten was a Dutch landscape painter. He is first recorded in Amsterdam at his wedding with Catelijntje Harmans in September 1643, as a 25-year old painter from Amsterdam, son of Laurens Jansz Loten. In or after 1664 he moved to London and later to York. Samuel Pepys reportedly visited his studio in 1669 and was "unimpressed" with his work and was recommended to Simon Verelst, who he saw more favourably.

Amsterdam

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