Panoramic View of a River with Low-lying Meadows

Jan van Goyen (mentioned on object), in or after 1644

Jan van Goyen painted the Dutch landscape in all of its myriad facets: from cities and villages to the sea and rivers, from hilly dunes to sprawling polders and holmes (flat ground near a river submerged in times of flood). Here some people on a hill in the left foreground look across an extensive river landscape. Van Goyen reserved a tremendous amount of space for the imposing cloudy sky looming above the low land.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-2133
  • Dimensionssupport: height 31.3 cm x width 44.6 cm, outer size: depth 4.5 cm (support incl. frame)
  • Physical characteristicsoil on panel

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Panoramic View of a River with Low-lying Meadows
    • Panoramic View of a River with Low-Lying Meadows

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-2133

  • Description

    Vergezicht over de uiterwaarden van een rivier. In de verte de rivier met enkele boten. Links op de voorgrond een heuveltje waar enkele personen op staan.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    signature and date, lower left (falsely?): ‘VG 1641’

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    painter: Jan van Goyen (mentioned on object)

  • Dating

    in or after 1644

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on panel

  • Dimensions

    • support: height 31.3 cm x width 44.6 cm
    • outer size: depth 4.5 cm (support incl. frame)

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1903

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; ? sale, Robert P. Roupell (†) et al. [section Robert P. Roupell], London (Christie et al.), 25 June 1887, no. 21 (‘A Landscape, with a cottage and peasants in the foreground, boats on a river, and a windmill in the distance. Signed, and dated 1641.12 3/4 in. x 17 1/2 in.’ [32.5 x 44.5 cm.]), £ 57 15s to Colnaghi;{Copy RKD.}…; purchased by the Fürst von Liechtenstein, Vienna, from the dealer Charles Sedelmeyer, Paris, 1890;{Beck II, 1973, p. 437.} given in exchange to the dealer H.O. Miethke, Vienna, 1894;{Beck II, 1973, p. 437.}…; from T. Humphry Ward (1845-1926), London, fl. 4,820, to the museum, through the mediation of the Vereniging Rembrandt, 1903

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