Winter

Jan van Goyen (signed by artist), 1625

This winter scene accompanies a summer landscape on view elsewhere in this gallery. When Van Goyen painted the two little pictures in 1625, he rested on a long tradition. As early as the Middle Ages, artists portrayed the seasons by means of landscapes with people engaged in typical seasonal activities.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-3946
  • Dimensionssupport: diameter 33.4 cm, frame: height 44 cm x width 44.5 cm x depth 5.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicsoil on panel

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Winter

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-3946

  • Description

    Ronde voorstelling van een landschap met ijsvermaak in de winter. Op de bevroren slotgracht rond een kasteel vermaakt een grote groep mensen zich met schaatsen en kolfen. Pendant van SK-A-3945 'Zomer'.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    signature and date, lower left, on a log: ‘I. V Goien 1625.’

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Creation

  • Creation

    painter: Jan van Goyen (signed by artist)

  • Dating

    1625

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on panel

  • Dimensions

    • support: diameter 33.4 cm
    • frame: height 44 cm x width 44.5 cm x depth 5.5 cm

This work is about

  • Subject

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Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

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

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1958

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    **For both the present painting (SK-A-3946) and its pendant (SK-A-3945)**

    …; 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, with SK-A-3945, fl. 60,740, to the museum with support from the Fotocommissie, 1958

  • Remarks

    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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