View of the Tiber in the Campagna

Executed with delicate incised lines, the etching relies on subtle hatching to model light and shadow across foliage, water, and architecture. Both’s handling of the metal plate demonstrates the precise control characteristic of Dutch etchers, while the composition’s balanced perspective and atmospheric sky reveal his assimilation of Italianate landscape conventions.

Although Both’s career peaked in the first half of the 1600s, this particular plate was likely printed around 1700, suggesting posthumous editions circulated among collectors of Northern European prints. The work has appeared in several museum collections, indicating its continued relevance to studies of cross‑cultural landscape art.

Both was instrumental in introducing Italian scenery to Dutch artistic circles, contributing to the development of the Italianate genre in the Netherlands. His prints, including this view of the Tiber, served as visual references for artists who could not travel to Italy, thereby extending the reach of Roman topography into Northern European visual culture.