Summer

Summer

SK-A-3945

signature and date, lower left: ‘I V. Goien. / 1625’

Small round landscapes were in great demand among people who bought art. Van Goyen produced scores of them over the years. This little painting not only depicts a village by the water, but also symbolizes summer. It accompanies a painting of winter, which is also on view in this gallery.

painter: Jan van Goyen (signed by artist)

1625

olieverf op paneel

• diameter 33.5 cm
• height 43.6 cm x width 44.3 cm x depth 4 cm
• diameter 32 cm

Purchased with the support of the Stichting tot Bevordering van de Belangen van het Rijksmuseum

purchase 1958

Public domain

...; collection Count Woronzoff;{Von Frimmel 1905b, p. 74.}...; collection Paul Delaroff (1852-1913), St Petersburg, 1906;{Von Frimmel 1905b, p. 74; not in the catalogues of Delaroff ´s sales, Paris (Galerie Georges Petit), 23 April 1914, and Paris (Hôtel Drouot), 27 April 1914.}...; collection Kilian Hennessy (1907-?), Paris, 1956;{Note RMA.}...; from the dealer William Hallsborough, London, fl. 60,740, to the museum with support from the Foto commissie, 1958

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

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