A view of the walls of the town of Tiel on the River Waal; A view of the burst dyke at Houtewael; and A view of the outskirts of a village

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Jan Josefsz. van Goyen (Leiden 1596-1656 The Hague)
A view of the walls of the town of Tiel on the River Waal; A view of the burst dyke at Houtewael; and A view of the outskirts of a village
numbered '9', '176' and '199'
black chalk, grey wash
3¾ x 6 in. (95 x 152 mm.) each (3)

Provenance

Mr. Johnson Neale, as part of an album of about 270 views by van Goyen bought on the Continent in the 19th Century.
Mr. Mark T. Hovell, F.R.C.S., 105 Harley Street, London.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 3 July 1918, the album sold as lot 124 (£610 to Colnaghi).
A.W.M. Mensing; Muller Mensing, Amsterdam, 27 April 1937, the album sold as lot 218 (7,200 fl.).
A. Mayer.
Dr. Karl Lilienfeld, New York, 1957, by whom the album was dismembered.
Mr. and Mrs M. Victor Leventritt, New York, 1964.

Literature

H.-U. Beck, Jan van Goyen (1596-1656), ein Oeuvreverzeichnis, I, Einführung, Katalog der Handzeichnungen, Amsterdam, 1972, nos. 847/9, 847/176 and 347/197.

Lot Essay

These three views are from a dismembered album used by van Goyen on a journey through south-eastern Holland and north-western Germany in 1650-1. Thirty drawings from the album were in the collection of Carel Goldschmidt, sold in these Rooms, 12 January 1995, lots 220-249.

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