ADRIAEN VAN DER KABEL | AN ITALIANATE VILLAGE STREET WITH A HORSE, GOATS, AND MAN ON A DONKEY

Adriaen van der Kabel was a Dutch artist who, having studied with one of the greatest and most quintessentially Dutch landscapists - Jan van Goyen, travelled to Rome and spent the rest of his career in Southern Europe, influenced by the work of painters such as Claude Lorrain, Pier Francesco Mola and Salvator Rosa.

Van der Kabel specialised in pastoral landscapes, characterised by soft, Mediterranean light, often including towers such as that found in the present painting, where a concern for the depiction of the form and texture of such structures belies his Dutch training. This work was most probably painted in Rome, before he moved to Lyon in 1668 until his death.

Formerly believed to be by Jan Asselijn, Frans C. Butôt identified drawings with the same AVK monogram, and proved Van der Kabel to be the author of this work.