A frozen river landscape with villagers skating on a waterway

Details

Jan Josefsz. van Goyen (Leiden 1596-1656 The Hague)
A frozen river landscape with villagers skating on a waterway
signed with monogram and dated 'VG 1550' (lower right, on the boat)
oil on panel
9¾ x 14 1/8 in. (24.8 x 35.9 cm.)

Provenance

J.W. Heybroek; sale, Rotterdam, 9 June 1788, lot 25 (25 florins to Van der Laan).
Mrs. Milner, Philadelphia, and by descent through
Miss Anna Miller to
Miss Emily Girdlstone (1856-1915).
with Prosper Guerry, New York, from whom purchased by
A.F. Park, New York, 1918 and by descent to his daughter
Marjorie Park.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 27 January 2000, lot 5.
with Richard Green, London, where acquired by the present owner.

Literature

C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné etc., VIII, London, 1908, no. 1179.
H.-U. Beck, Jan van Goyen, Amsterdam, 1973, II, p. 43, no. 82a.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

Dr. Beck included the present picture in his 1973 catalogue raisonné (presumably on the basis of photographs), incorrectly recording the date as 1652 and giving only its approximate measurements. He judged the picture afresh, prior to its sale in 2000, and deemed it a 'fine late painting' and 'an important discovery'. It will be published as such in his forthcoming second supplement to his catalogue of the artist's paintings.

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