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Jan Both

17th-century Dutch painter
Person Human Q981631

Facts

29 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male
Date of birth
1618, 1615[2][10]
Date of death
1652, August 9, 1652, July 30, 1652, August 1652[4][11][12][13]
Place of birth
Utrecht
Place of death
Utrecht
Country of citizenship
Dutch Republic[15]
Occupation
painter, graphic artist, draftsperson, printmaker, visual artist, etcher[5][6][7][8][9][16]
Field of work
visual arts[17]
Notable work
Italian landscape, Italian landscape, Italian landscape with a view of a harbor[21][22][23]
Father
Dirck Joriaensz. Both[14]
Sibling
Andries Both
Genre
landscape painting, genre painting
Work location
Utrecht, Lyon, Rome, Venice, Utrecht
Student of
Abraham Bloemaert, Gerard van Honthorst
Languages spoken, written or signed
Dutch
Artist files at
Frick Art Research Library
Catalogue raisonné
Jan Both catalog raisonné, 1926
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired
Depicted by
Portrait of Jan Both
Described by source
The Great Theatre of Dutch Painters, Het Gulden Cabinet, Teutsche Academie der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Künste, The Lives of Dutch painters and paintresses, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek
Family name
Both
Given name
Jan
Has works in the collection
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Städel Museum, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Museo del Prado, Art Institute of Chicago, Auckland Art Gallery, Finnish National Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria, National Gallery of Art, Nationalmuseum, National Gallery of Canada, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Amsterdam Museum, Centraal Museum, Dordrechts Museum, National Galleries Scotland, Kunstmuseum Basel, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Israel Museum, National Gallery, Mauritshuis, Rijksmuseum, Hermitage Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Art Gallery of South Australia, Dulwich Picture Gallery, National Museum of Western Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Cincinnati Art Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Statens Museum for Kunst, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Alte Pinakothek, Bavarian State Painting Collections, Westphalian State Museum of Art and Cultural History, Detroit Institute of Arts, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris, Yale University Art Gallery, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Fitzwilliam Museum, Slovak National Gallery, Moravian Gallery in Brno, Wallace Collection, Museum der bildenden Künste, Ashmolean Museum, Toledo Museum of Art, Chatsworth House, Bowes Museum, Musée Réattu, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Bode Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Gallery of Ireland, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Musée Fabre, Museo di Capodimonte, Apsley House, Palazzo Pallavicini-Rospigliosi, Staatliches Museum Schwerin, Galleria Sabauda, Shipley Art Gallery, Museo de Arte de Ponce, Musée des beaux-arts de Nîmes, Cannon Hall, Museum Kunsthaus Heylshof, Rijksprentenkabinet, Museum Het Valkhof, Ackland Art Museum, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, National Museum in Warsaw, Führermuseum, Princeton Art Museum, Gemäldegalerie Berlin, Vanderbilt Museum of Art, Electoral Gallery Dusseldorf, Teylers Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, Beecroft Art Gallery, Royal Pump Rooms, Williamson Art Gallery and Museum, Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Pollok House, Salford Museum and Art Gallery, Print Collection, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Ulster Folk and Transport Museums, Glasgow Museums Resource Centre, Norfolk Museums Collections, Schorr Collection, Liege Fine Arts Museum, Musée des beaux-arts de Marseille, Groninger Museum
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Member of
Bentvueghels, Jan and Andries Both[24][25]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Frick Art Reference Library, WikiProject New York Public Library
Partner in business or sport
Andries Both
Patronym or matronym
Dirckszoon
Student
Hendrik Verschuring, Willem de Heusch, Barend Bispinck[18][19][20]
🏷️ Also known as
en Jan Both ar يان بوت cs Dirk Both cs Jan Dirksz Both el Γιαν Μποτ el Γιαν Ντιρκς Μποτ es Jan Dirkszoon Both fa یان بوت ja ヤン・ボト ko 얀 봇 ko 얀 디르크스 봇 nl Both d' Italie nl Jan Dircksz Both nl Jan Dirksz. Both ru Ян Бот
🔖 Identifiers · 107
ISNI
0000000116757671
VIAF cluster ID
76588248
Library of Congress Authorities ID
nr91040021
GND ID
11893810X
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
HUA-104142-Portret van Jan Both geboren Utrecht 1610 kunstschilder te Utrecht overleden 1652 Te halve lijve links steunend op een console.jpg ↗
AGORHA UUID
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ARTIC artist ID
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AbART person ID
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Alvin ID
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Art Gallery of South Australia creator ID
12693, 2449
Art Renewal Center artist ID
4089
Art UK artist ID
both-jan-c-16181652
Show all 107 identifiers +95
Artcyclopedia artist ID
both_jan_dirksz
Artist ID of the Department of Prints and Drawings of the Louvre
340-BOTH-Jan
Artist-info artist ID
286639
Artists of the World ID
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Artnet artist ID
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Artsy artist ID
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Athenaeum person ID
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Auckland Art Gallery artist ID
1034
BIBSYS ID
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Benezit ID
B00023870
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
14970240h
Biografisch Portaal van Nederland ID
15613667, 04406583
Boijmans artist ID
3121
Bridgeman artist ID
774
British Museum person or institution ID
20383
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
both-jan
CANTIC ID
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CERL Thesaurus ID
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Christie's creator ID
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CollectieGelderland creator ID
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DBNL author ID
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DDB person (GND) ID
11893810X
De Agostini ID
Both,+Jan
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
11893810X
Digital portrait index person (GND) ID
11893810X
DigitaltMuseum ID
021039686477, 021036373242
Discogs artist ID
3678376
ECARTICO person ID
1293
Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID
88986
Enciclopedia di Roma person ID
2229
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Jan-Both
Europeana entity
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FAST ID
294560
Finnish National Gallery artist ID
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Freebase ID
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Frick Art Research Library Artist File ID
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Google Arts & Culture entity ID
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Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
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Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0011719
HAND ID
98F4-AD9C-D30B-E6BF-BBC8
ICCD agent ID
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IdRef ID
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Invaluable.com person ID
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Japan Search name ID
ヤン・ボト
KBR person ID
14751674
KSW person ID
35959
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
11893810X
KulturNav-ID
062564a9-5d6b-4b36-b7db-b38dd058307c, 7cb12517-8039-4a8c-9dc6-ee95a956253d
Kunstindeks Danmark Artist ID
1385
Künstlerdatenbank ID
653
LIMIS person ID
4621398
Lex ID
Jan_Both
Met Constituent ID
164194
Minneapolis Institute of Art constituent ID
577
Museo del Prado artist ID
45972603-7ab5-4922-9650-899af52c3ce3
Museum-digital person/organization ID
3545
MutualArt artist ID
4B3D2BC896047D01
NE.se ID
jan-both
NL CR AUT ID
xx0217930
NUKAT ID
n2015092135
National Gallery of Art artist ID
3584
National Gallery of Canada artist ID
jan-both
National Gallery of Victoria artist ID
855
National Historical Museums of Sweden ID
person/7BF035A4-7590-40D4-BF59-A1BD82B4AB5B
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810639412705606
National Library of Portugal ID
273144
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX995533
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
070337020
Nationalmuseum Sweden ID
7344
Norwegian National Museum producer ID
48787
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3879933
Philadelphia Museum of Art entity ID
916
Pinakothek artist ID
E02LAqaLyk
Pushkin Museum artist ID
15980142
RA Collections ID
14291
RKDartists ID
11239
Rijksmuseum Research Library authority ID
13711
Royal Academy ID
jan-both
SNAC ARK ID
w66h8f25
Saint Louis Art Museum person ID
394
Sandrart.net person ID
87
Städel Museum artist ID
both-jan
Swedish Open Cultural Heritage URI
LSH/agents/3992
Te Papa agent ID
261
Treccani ID
jan-both
Union List of Artist Names ID
500032845
V&A person ID
A18603
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/306298
Web Gallery of Art artist ID
b/both/jan
Web umenia creator ID
1140
Wellcome Collection concept ID
ter6a8ky
WikiArt ID
jan-dirksz-both
WorldCat Entities ID
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YCBA agent ID
2925
Yale LUX ID
person/ec323f6e-9bc4-42ae-8106-4aedc786dddf

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🔗 Connections
Has works in the collection 80
Israel Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Hermitage Museum, Museo del Prado, National Gallery, Rijksmuseum, Victoria and Albert Museum, National Gallery of Art +72 more
Described by source 6
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Het Gulden Cabinet, Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek, Teutsche Academie der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Künste, The Great Theatre of Dutch Painters
Work location 5
Rome, Venice, Lyon, Utrecht, Utrecht
Occupation 4
painter, draftsperson, printmaker, etcher
Genre 2
landscape painting, genre painting
Student 2
Hendrik Verschuring, Willem de Heusch
Student of 2
Gerard van Honthorst, Abraham Bloemaert
Students 2
Hendrik Verschuring, Willem de Heusch
Country of citizenship 1
Dutch Republic
Field of work 1
visual arts
Given name 1
Jan
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Dutch
Member of 1
Bentvueghels
Partner in business or sport 1
Andries Both
Place of birth 1
Utrecht
Place of death 1
Utrecht
Sex or gender 1
male
Sibling 1
Andries Both
Siblings 1
Andries Both
← Partner in business or sport 1
Andries Both
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Summary

Born in Utrecht[1], he… he was born on January 1, 1618[2]. He passed away in Utrecht[3]. He died on January 1, 1652[4]. He worked as a painter[5], graphic artist[6], draftsperson[7], printmaker[8], and visual artist[9].

Body

Education

Studied under Abraham Bloemaert[26], a painter[27], 1564–1651[28], of Dutch Republic[29], specialised in painting[30] and Gerard van Honthorst[31], a painter[32], 1592–1656[33], of Dutch Republic[34], specialised in painting[35].

Career and Affiliations

Notable students include Hendrik Verschuring[18], a painter[36], 1627–1690[37], of Dutch Republic[38]; Willem de Heusch[19], a painter[39], 1625–1692[40], of Dutch Republic[41]; and Barend Bispinck[20], a painter[42], 1622–1658[43], of Dutch Republic[44].

Works and Contributions

Notable works include Italian landscape[21], a painting[45], founded in 1645[46] and Italian landscape with a view of a harbor[23], a painting[47], in Netherlands[48], founded in 1646[49].

FAQs

Where was Jan Both born?

Born in Utrecht[1].

Where did Jan Both die?

Jan Both died in Utrecht[3].

Who were Jan Both's parents?

Jan Both's father was Dirck Joriaensz. Both[14].

What did Jan Both do for work?

Jan Both worked as painter[5], graphic artist[6], draftsperson[7], printmaker[8], and visual artist[9].

Related Entities

Abraham Bloemaert Academy of Fine Arts Vienna Alte Pinakothek Apsley House Art Gallery of South Australia Ashmolean Museum Bode Museum Derby Museum and Art Gallery Detroit Institute of Arts Dulwich Picture Gallery Dutch Republic Fitzwilliam Museum Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister Gemäldegalerie Berlin Gerard van Honthorst Hermitage Museum Israel Museum Kunsthistorisches Museum Los Angeles County Museum of Art Metropolitan Museum of Art Musée Fabre Museo del Prado Museo di Capodimonte Museum of Fine Arts Boston National Gallery National Gallery of Art National Gallery of Ireland National Gallery of Victoria Nationalmuseum

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  1. 6w ago · Trivialist · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    HAND ID → 98F4-AD9C-D30B-E6BF-BBC8
    "Created claim: HAND ID: 98F4-AD9C-D30B-E6BF-BBC8, batch #274736"
  2. 9w ago · Hannolans · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has works in the collection → Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Städel Museum, Minneapolis Institute of Art +2
    "Created claim: Has works in the collection: Groninger Museum, groninger museum (details)"
  3. 18w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Digital portrait index person (GND) ID → 11893810X
    "Created claim: Digital portrait index person (GND) ID: 11893810X, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1783130387391"
  4. 18w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    KSW person ID → 35959
    "Created claim: KSW person ID: 35959, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782930557898"
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