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

A view of Arnhem

Details

Jan Josefsz. van Goyen (Leiden 1596-1656 The Hague)
A view of Arnhem
numbered '89'
black chalk, grey wash
3 7/8 x 6 1/8 in. (9.6 x 15.2 cm.)

Provenance

M. Hovell
Johnson Neals.
with Helene C. Seiferheld, New York, 1960, when acquired by the present owner.

Literature

C. Dodgson, 'A Dutch sketchbook of 1650 of Van Goyen', The Burlington Magazine, XXXII, 1918, pp. 234-40.
H.-U. Beck, Jan van Goyen 1596-1656: ein oeuvreverzeichnis, I, Amsterdam, 1972, p. 299, no. 847/89.

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Lot Essay

This drawing and lot 15 were originally part of a sketchbook used by van Goyen around 1650-51 which included at least 270 pages. Another view of Arnhem, a city in the eastern Netherlands, seen from a closer vantage point was on folio 84 of the same sketchbook (Beck, op. cit., no. 847/84). The view is taken from the left bank of the Rhine and one can recognize on the right the Grote Kerk and St. Walburgskerk.

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