View of a Town on a River

View of a Town on a River

SK-A-120

signature and date, bottom centre on a boat: ‘I. V Goyen 1645’

Van Goyen revolutionized Dutch landscape painting with a fresh style. Utilizing blue, grey, and ochre tints he skilfully portrayed the country’s damp weather. He made sketches during his walks, which served as references for his paintings. The figures in this picture are also on the move, by boat or by carriage, while the inn with a swan on its signboard offers a place to rest.

painter: Jan van Goyen (signed by artist)

1645

olieverf op doek

• height 131 cm x width 165.3 cm
• depth 8.5 cm

purchase 1808

Public domain

...; sale, Heinsius, Rotterdam (D. Vis), 26 June 1793, no. 1 (`Een Rivier- en Landgezicht; ter regterzyde van dit stuk ziet men, booven eenige Boerenwooningen, een Dorps Kerktoren, in het midden hoog Geboomte en een afrydende Postwagen, ter linkerzyde over de Rivier een aangenaam Verschiet, verder gestoffeert met werkende Beelden, zeilende en andere Vaartuigen; [...], op Doek, hoog 50 breed 63 duimen [130.5 x 164.5 cm]´), fl. 80, to N. Muys for Gerrit van der Pot (1732-1807), Lord of Groeneveld, Rotterdam;{GAR, PA, inv. no. 3739a, ms. catalogue Van der Pot van Groeneveld, fol. 36.} his sale, Rotterdam (Gebr. van Ryp), 6 (8) June 1808 _sqq_., no. 44 (`Een aangenaam Rivier- en Landgezigt. [...] Hoog 491/4, en breed 621/2 duim [128.5 x 163 cm] Dk.´), fl. 160, to Stratenus, for the museum{Copy RKD. Provenance reconstructed in Zeedijk 2003, p. 88.}

To refer to this object, please use the following persistent URL:

https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/20027962