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Property from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
JAN VAN GOYEN (LEIDEN 1596-1656 THE HAGUE)
River landscape with a ferry and a church
Details
JAN VAN GOYEN (LEIDEN 1596-1656 THE HAGUE)
River landscape with a ferry and a church
signed and dated ‘VG / 165[6]’ (lower right, on the boat)
oil on panel
18 ½ x 26 ¼ in. (47 x 66.7 cm.)
River landscape with a ferry and a church
signed and dated ‘VG / 165[6]’ (lower right, on the boat)
oil on panel
18 ½ x 26 ¼ in. (47 x 66.7 cm.)
Provenance
Edward Balfour, Esq. (1849-1927), Balbirnie House, Fife, Scotland; his sale, Christie’s, London, 31 May 1907, lot 139, where acquired for 780 gns. by the following,
with Gooden and Fox, London, where acquired for $16,650 with paintings by Jacob Adriaensz. Bellevois (07.499), Jan Miense Molenaer (07.500) and Melchior d’Hondecoeter (07.501) by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, on 8 August 1907.
with Gooden and Fox, London, where acquired for $16,650 with paintings by Jacob Adriaensz. Bellevois (07.499), Jan Miense Molenaer (07.500) and Melchior d’Hondecoeter (07.501) by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, on 8 August 1907.
Literature
‘In the Sale Room,’ The Connoisseur, XVIII, May-August 1907, p. 193.
‘Pictures by Dutch Artists,’ Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, V, no. 28, August 1907, p. 49.
‘Three Dutch Pictures,’ Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, V, no. 29, October 1907, pp. 57-58, illustrated.
Handbook of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 1910, p. 143, illustrated.
J. de Wolf Addison, The Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1910, p. 74.
Handbook of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 1914, p. 162, illustrated.
Catalogue of Paintings: Preliminary Edition, Boston, 1921, pp. 50-51, no. 117.
Handbook of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 1925, p. 13, no. 117, illustrated.
C. Hofstede de Goot, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century, VIII, London, 1927, pp. 186-187 and 204, nos. 731 and 803.
Selected Oil and Tempera Paintings and Three Pastels, Boston, 1932, n.p., illustrated.
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings in Oil, Tempera and Pastel, Boston, 1955, p. 29.
H.-U. Beck, Jan van Goyen, 1596-1656, II, Amsterdam, 1973, p. 350, no. 780, illustrated, as dated ‘165(5)’.
A.R. Murphy, European Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue, Boston, 1985, p. 122, illustrated.
C.E. Roth, The Sky Observer’s Guidebook, New York, 1986, p. 196, illustrated.
P.C. Sutton, A Guide to Dutch Art in America, Washington, D.C. and Grand Rapids, 1986, p. 29, as dated ‘165(5?)’.
R. Baer, The Poetry of Everyday Life: Dutch Painting in Boston, exhibition catalogue, Boston, 2002, p. 31.
‘Pictures by Dutch Artists,’ Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, V, no. 28, August 1907, p. 49.
‘Three Dutch Pictures,’ Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, V, no. 29, October 1907, pp. 57-58, illustrated.
Handbook of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 1910, p. 143, illustrated.
J. de Wolf Addison, The Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1910, p. 74.
Handbook of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 1914, p. 162, illustrated.
Catalogue of Paintings: Preliminary Edition, Boston, 1921, pp. 50-51, no. 117.
Handbook of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 1925, p. 13, no. 117, illustrated.
C. Hofstede de Goot, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century, VIII, London, 1927, pp. 186-187 and 204, nos. 731 and 803.
Selected Oil and Tempera Paintings and Three Pastels, Boston, 1932, n.p., illustrated.
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings in Oil, Tempera and Pastel, Boston, 1955, p. 29.
H.-U. Beck, Jan van Goyen, 1596-1656, II, Amsterdam, 1973, p. 350, no. 780, illustrated, as dated ‘165(5)’.
A.R. Murphy, European Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue, Boston, 1985, p. 122, illustrated.
C.E. Roth, The Sky Observer’s Guidebook, New York, 1986, p. 196, illustrated.
P.C. Sutton, A Guide to Dutch Art in America, Washington, D.C. and Grand Rapids, 1986, p. 29, as dated ‘165(5?)’.
R. Baer, The Poetry of Everyday Life: Dutch Painting in Boston, exhibition catalogue, Boston, 2002, p. 31.
Exhibited
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Art of Our Allies: The Netherlands, 2 March-11 April 1943.
Brought to you by
Jonquil O’Reilly
Vice President, Specialist, Head of Sale