JAN VAN GOYEN (LEIDEN 1596-1656 THE HAGUE)
An extensive view of Amersfoort with the Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk in the background
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JAN VAN GOYEN (LEIDEN 1596-1656 THE HAGUE)
An extensive view of Amersfoort with the Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk in the background
signed with initials and dated 'VG 164[6]' (lower centre)
oil on panel
12 ³/₄ x 20 ⁵/₈ in. (32.5 x 52.4 cm.)
An extensive view of Amersfoort with the Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk in the background
signed with initials and dated 'VG 164[6]' (lower centre)
oil on panel
12 ³/₄ x 20 ⁵/₈ in. (32.5 x 52.4 cm.)
Provenance
J. Hauptmann; his sale (†), Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 22 March 1897, lot 10, as 'Vue de Nimègue' (FF 2900 to Kleinberger).
Gustaf Collijn, by 1926/7.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 9 December 1927, lot 51, as 'A View of Rhenen' (550 gns. to Asscher & Welker).
Dr. Tobias Christ, Basel, by 1928, by descent until,
Anonymous sale; Koller, Zurich, 20-21 May 1977, lot 5152, as 'Blick auf Rhenen' (CHF 175,000).
with Leonard and David Koetser Gallery, Geneva, by 1978.
Private collection, The Netherlands.
with H.M. Cramer, The Hague, by 1986 and until at least 1991.
with David Koetser, Zurich, where acquired by the present owner on 26 March 2003.
Gustaf Collijn, by 1926/7.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 9 December 1927, lot 51, as 'A View of Rhenen' (550 gns. to Asscher & Welker).
Dr. Tobias Christ, Basel, by 1928, by descent until,
Anonymous sale; Koller, Zurich, 20-21 May 1977, lot 5152, as 'Blick auf Rhenen' (CHF 175,000).
with Leonard and David Koetser Gallery, Geneva, by 1978.
Private collection, The Netherlands.
with H.M. Cramer, The Hague, by 1986 and until at least 1991.
with David Koetser, Zurich, where acquired by the present owner on 26 March 2003.
Literature
C. Hofstede de Goot, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century, VIII, London, 1927, p. 58, no. 194, as 'View of Nymwegen'.
H.-U. Beck, Jan van Goyen, 1596-1656, II, Amsterdam, 1973, p. 193, no. 398, illustrated; III, Doornspijk, 1987, p. 189, no. 398, as a view of Rhenen.
H.P. Deys, Achter Berg en Rijn: Over boeren, burgers en buitenlui in Rhenen, Rhenen, 1981, fig. 71/72.
H.-U. Beck, Jan van Goyen, 1596-1656, II, Amsterdam, 1973, p. 193, no. 398, illustrated; III, Doornspijk, 1987, p. 189, no. 398, as a view of Rhenen.
H.P. Deys, Achter Berg en Rijn: Over boeren, burgers en buitenlui in Rhenen, Rhenen, 1981, fig. 71/72.
Exhibition
Basel, Kunsthalle, Ausstellung von Kunstwerken des 15. bis 18. Jahrhunderts aus Basler Privatbesitz, 15 April-28 May 1928, no. 126, as 'Blick auf Rhenen'.
Zuoz, Chesa von Planta, Holland im Engadin, 6 February-2 March 1986, no. 19, as 'Ansicht von Rhenen' and where dated to circa 1644.
Zuoz, Chesa von Planta, Holland im Engadin, 6 February-2 March 1986, no. 19, as 'Ansicht von Rhenen' and where dated to circa 1644.
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