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Landscape with Two Oaks
Jan van Goyen (1596–1656), oil on canvas, 1641
The two gnarled oak trees, brightly illuminated by a few rays of sunlight, stand out sharply against the threatening sky. Van Goyen drew the trees with his brush. He used thin, almost transparent paint for the foliage and thick, grainy paint for the furrowed trunks. The landscape’s near monochrome palette is enlivened by the blue and red doublets of the two figures resting.
- Artwork typepainting
- Object numberSK-A-123
- Dimensionsheight 86.5 cm x width 108.7 cm, height 88.5 cm x width 110.5 cm
- Physical characteristicsolieverf op doek