Jan Josefsz. van Goyen (Leiden 1596-1656 The Hague)

A river landscape with a beggar's family and horsemen near a ruin

Details

Jan Josefsz. van Goyen (Leiden 1596-1656 The Hague)
A river landscape with a beggar's family and horsemen near a ruin
oil on panel
35.9 x 33.5 cm.

Provenance

C. van Bellinger; His sale, Galerie George Giroux, Brussels, 11 December 1923, lot 45, as Salomon van Ruysdael.
with P. de Boer, Amsterdam, 1928.
Gustaaf Hamburger, Laren, by 1935.
Confiscated by the Dienststelle Mühlmann, after May 1940.
Anonymous sale; Dorotheum, Vienna, 17 November 1942, lot 121, as sebastian Vrancx, where acquired by the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, (inv. no. GG 9048, as Esaias van de Velde).
Transferred to the Stichting Nederlands Kunstbezit, 1951, as Esaias van de Velde (no. 3438);
Dienst voor Rijksverspreide kunstvoorwerpen, The Hague (NK2782).
On loan to the Limburgs Museum, Venlo.
Restituted to the heir of Gustaaf Hamburger, represented by Mondex Corporation of Toronto, Canada, March 2014.

Literature

H.-U. Beck, Jan van Goyen 1596-1656, Amsterdam, 1973, pp. 96-8, no. 203, ill.

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Lot Essay

Hans-Ülrich Beck dates the present painting to circa 1624. The palette is still more dynamic than the monochromatic style he started working in from 1627 onwards. As with most of Van Goyen's output from the early 1620s, this work attests strongly to the influence of Esaias van de Velde under whom he had studied between 1616-18 in Haarlem. The richly dressed, colourful figures, the execution of folliage and the compositional structure of the landscape are all largely indebted to his teacher. It is thus not surprising that the picture was formerly attributed to Esaias van de Velde.
The style, conception and design can be closely compared to the 1625 dated tondo by Jan Van Goyen in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (inv. no. 991-A5).

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