Lot 27: A mountainous river landscape with travellers at rest on a bank, a waterfall beyond

Jan Looten (Amsterdam 1618-c.1681 York)
A mountainous river landscape with travellers at rest on a bank, a waterfall beyond
signed 'I Loo...' (lower centre)
oil on copper
15 7/8 x 19¼ in. (40.3 x 48.8 cm.)

Paderborn, Städtische Galerie in der Reithalle Schloss Neuhaus, Schiffsbruch vor felsiger Küste-Niederlandische Landschaften und Seestücke des 17 .Jahrhunderts , 23 August-4 November 2001.
Erfurt, Angermuseum, Unter weitem Himmel-Holländische Landschaftbilder des 'Goldenen Jahrhunderts' aus der Sammlung SOR Rusche , 10 February-21 April 2002.

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 6 July 1995, lot 430.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 30 October 1997, lot 96.

Jan Looten was born in Amsterdam, but had settled in London by July 1662. He was renowned as a painter of landscapes, employing an earthy tonality and working on a grand scale. Looten is known to have collaborated with Nicolaes Bercham, who often executed the staffage in Looten's landscapes.