Jan Josefsz. van Goyen (1596-1656)

Elegant company shooting birds in an estuary: A design for a title-page

Details

Jan Josefsz. van Goyen (1596-1656)
Goyen, J.J. van
Elegant company shooting birds in an estuary: A design for a title-page
signed and dated in a cartouche 'J.V. Goijen. 1653'
black chalk, gray wash, black chalk framing lines
6.3/8 x 10 in. (161 x 268 mm.)

Provenance

Anon. sale, Paris, Drouot, 29 March 1900, lot 137 (170FF to Hamburger).
Georges Ryaux, 1965.

Literature

H.-U. Beck, Jan van Goyen, 1972, Amsterdam, I, no. 334, illustrated.

Lot Essay

Possibly a title page for one of the series of large drawings van Goyen made in 1653. A title page for a series of smaller drawings dated the same year and also on the theme of sportsmen is in the Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen, Berlin, H.U. Beck, op. cit., no. 333.