# Italian Landscape with the Ponte Lucano over the Aniene River

- By: Jan Both (Utrecht, 1618–1652)
- Date: c. 1650 - 1652
- Medium: copper (metal), oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: outer size: depth 9 cm (support incl. frame)
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-51--18a22d96a256250a8d2a00d7e5f38d05)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/rSqZv/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
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Jan Both (c. 1615 - 1652). Italian landscape with the Ponte Molle, c. 1650. The atmosphere of this idyllic landscape is typically Italian. The lush green of the trees and plants creates a lively impression, as does the small group of travellers by the river, bathed in warm sunlight. On the left we see the Ponte Molle, a well-known bridge in the Roman campagna. Both painted many of such scenes, in which a zigzag motion of river and roads leads the viewer's eye into the depths. On copper. Purchased in 1809, as part of the Van Heteren Gevers collection (The Hague)