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

Figures and boats by a ruin on water

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Jan Josefsz. van Goyen (Leiden 1596-1656 The Hague)
Figures and boats by a ruin on water
signed with initials 'VG' and dated '1651'
black chalk, grey wash, brown ink framing lines
4 1/8 x 7 5/8 in. (10.4 x 19.4 cm.)
Provenance
J. Barnard (L. 1419 and 1420, his inscription 'J:Br Nᵒ= 980/ 7½ by 4') (The Barnard sale catalogue of 1787 lists at least eight van Goyen drawings).
with Brian Sewell in 1967, no. 17 (according to Beck).
Literature
H.-U. Beck, Jan van Goyen: 1596-1656: ein Oeuvreverzeichnis, Amsterdam, 1972, I, no. 226.

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