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Andries Both (
1612/
1613,
Utrecht -
March 23 1642,
Venice) Dutch
genre painter, one of the
bamboccianti, and brother of
Jan Dirksz Both.
Both was the son of a glass painter, and studied under
Abraham Bloemaert. According to Joachim von Sandrart, Andries and his brother Jan cooperated on the paintings, with Jan painting the landscapes and Andries the figures, though this view has been revised in the 20th century. Andries stayed in
Rouen in 1633, and he traveled on to
Rome, where is documented from 1635 to 1641. He first shared a studio with a fellow painter from Utrecht, Jan van Causteren. In 1638 his brother joined him, living on the Via Vittoria in the parish of
San Lorenzo in Lucina and perhaps both joining the
Accademia di San Luca and the group of painters led by
Pieter van Laer. In 1641 the brothers traveled back to Holland, but Andries met his death in Venice on the way, drowning in a canal as he was returning from some festivities.
His work is noted for its humorous and outrageous quality, mixed with objectivity and harsh reality, depicting the seamier side of Italian life with broad strokes. The style, known as Bambocciata, after the nickname of its originator, Pieter van Laer, known as
il bamboccio, "the toddler" because of his physical deformities, depicted scenes of the low life, often grotesque and shocking to the aristocracy, used to a more idealized style of art.
Sources
Artcyclopedia entry with link to Groves bio
List of known paintings
- Scene in a brothel (Formerly also known as 'the return of the prodigal son'); Canvas, 44 x 51 cm
Travellers by a Well (1635 -1641); wood
- NGV International, The Art Foundation of Victoria; accession no. E3-1980; (External Link)
Boors Carousing (1634, Utrecht)
Card Players (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)
Hunting by candlelight (Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest)
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