An extensive river landscape with peasants by a castle

細節

Jan Josefsz. van Goyen (Leiden 1596-1656 The Hague)
An extensive river landscape with peasants by a castle
signed and dated 'VGOYEN 1638' (lower centre)
oil on canvas
42½ x 55½ in. (108 x 141 cm.)

來源

with Galerie Sanct Lucas, Vienna, 1955.
Private collection, Vienna.
Anonymous sale, [The Property of a Gentleman]; Sotheby's, London, 17 November 1982, lot 88.

出版

H.-U. Beck, Jan van Goyen, Amsterdam, 1973, II, p. 291, no. 638, illustrated.
H.-U. Beck, Jan van Goyen, The Hague, 1987, III, p. 220, no. 638.

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拍品專文

In 1638 Jan van Goyen was appointed head of the Guild of Saint Luke in The Hague. It was a productive year for him having executed only a handful of paintings in 1637 when he lost money speculating in tulips. In stylistic terms it was a transitional year for the artist. As Beck has stated 'In 1638, a transition takes place from van Goyen's typical village, dune and river landscapes to his more mature scenes of the sea and riverscapes with buildings' (see exhibition catalogue, Jan van Goyen, London, Richard Green Gallery, 17 April-11 May 1996, under no. 16). This shift in emphasis is well illustrated by the present picture. Van Goyen effectively abandons his tonal compositional formula, instead adopting a raised viewpoint and giving pre-eminence to the monumental castle in the right foreground. Beck (op. cit., 1973), suggests that the castle might be Rhenen.