Lot Essay
For a drawing of this view without the figures, see H.-U. Beck, op. cit., I, p. 226, no. 715. Dr. Beck suggests this drawing may have been done circa 1628-9.
Peasants conversing on a Path by a Bridge, Cottages beyond
Details
Jan Josefsz. van Goyen* (1596-1656)
Peasants conversing on a Path by a Bridge, Cottages beyond
signed with monogram 'VG '
oil on panel
12.1/8 x 16in. (30.9 x 42cm.)
Peasants conversing on a Path by a Bridge, Cottages beyond
signed with monogram 'VG '
oil on panel
12.1/8 x 16in. (30.9 x 42cm.)
Provenance
with Adolphe Stein, Paris, 1968.
with P. de Boer, Amsterdam, 1969.
Anon. Sale, Christie's, New York, Jan. 11, 1989, lot 70, where purchased by the present owner.
with P. de Boer, Amsterdam, 1969.
Anon. Sale, Christie's, New York, Jan. 11, 1989, lot 70, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
H.-U. Beck, Jan van Goyen, 1973, II, p. 226, no. 1176.
Exhibited
Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1972.