Jan Kobell The Elder - Landscape With Ruins, A River And A Bridge

Jan KOBELL the elderDelfshaven (Rotterdam), 1756 – 1833Landscape with ruins, bridge and riverOil on paper35 x 44 cm (49.5 x 60.5 cm with frame)Signed lower left “JK f.”Very beautiful period giltwood frameVery good conditionJan Kobell the elder (1756-1833) was a painter and engraver from a family of Dutch artists from Rotterdam. He was active in Rotterdam at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century. Jan Kobell the elder painted pre-romantic landscapes with a fine yellow light under the influence of the painter Claude Gellée known as Le Lorrain. He signed with a monogram “JK” in a beautiful, recognizable handwriting.He had a brother Hendrick Kobell (1751-1779) who was a marine painter who settled in Germany. Jan Kobell the Elder is sometimes confused with his nephew Jan Kobell the Younger (1778-1814), a landscape and animal painter, and the latter's son Jan Kobell III (1800-1838), who was an animal painter.