Jan Josefsz. van Goyen* (1596-1656)

Details

Jan Josefsz. van Goyen* (1596-1656)

The Beach at Scheveningen

signed with the initials 'VG' and dated '1656' (recto) and with inscription 'Scheveninge' (verso); black chalk, grey wash, minor touches of later white heightening, brown ink framing lines
6¾ x 10 7/8in. (174 x 276mm.)

Provenance

Count J.P. van Suchtelen (L. 2332)
with Galerie Böhler, Munich 1949
H.G. Sperling, New York

Literature

H-.U. Beck, Jan van Goyen 1596-1656, Zeichnungen, Amsterdam, 1972, I, p. 193, no. 573 , illustrated

Lot Essay

Paintings of the beach from this angle, dated 1643 and 1649 respectively, are in a Swiss private collection and in the Marquess of Bute's Collection, H.-U. Beck, Jan van Goyen 1596-1656, der Gemälde, Amsterdam, 1973, nos. 950 and 959, both illustrated