Lot 3053* - A204 Old Master Paintings - Friday, 31. March 2023, 02.00 PM
JAN VAN GOYEN
(Leiden 1596–1656 The Hague)
River landscape with fishing village. 1645.
Oil on panel.
Signed and dated centre bottom on the boat: VGOYEN 1645.
42 × 62 cm.
Provenance:
- Collection of John Tayleur, Buntingsdale Hall, Market Drayton.
- Sale Christie's, London, Collection of J. Tayleur, 13.4.1923, Lot 44.
- With M. Knoedler & Co., London, 1923.
- Victor D. Spark, New York, 1976.
- With P. de Boer, Amsterdam, 1978 (in Die Weltkunst, 1.10.1978, p. 2081).
- Private collection, 1992.
- By descent, collection of Peter Baltzer.
- Sale Sotheby's, London, 29.7.2020, Lot 132.
- European collection.
Exhibited:
Delft 1978, Stedelijk Museum Het Prinsenhof, Antiekbeurs, 19.10.–8.11.1978.
Literature:
- Hans-Ulrich Beck: Jan van Goyen 1596–1656. Katalog der Gemälde, Amsterdam 1973,vol. II, p. 238, cat. no. 507.
- Hans-Ulrich Beck: Jan van Goyen 1596–1656, Doornspijk 1987, vol. III (supplement), p. 203, cat. no. 507.
- Neil MacLaren: National Gallery Catalogues, The Dutch School 1600–1900, London 1991, vol. I, pp. 144–145, under cat. no. 151, footnote 8.
This characteristic painting by Jan van Goyen is a striking demonstration of the artist's ability to create wonderfully atmospheric effects. On the left in the middle ground, passengers on a ferry can be made out, while in the foreground several cows graze peacefully. The small village among the trees appears as a dense cluster of interlocking roofs, culminating in the church spire. Although the village depicted bears topographical similarities to Overschie in the province of South Holland, it has not been possible to locate it precisely. Van Goyen painted this landscape several times during his career, including a version from the same year in the National Gallery in London (inv. no. NG151, oil on wood, signed and dated 1645, 66 × 96.5 cm; see MacLaren 1991, cat. no. 151).
In Jan van Goyen's oeuvre, the 1640s are characterised by panorama-like landscapes in a large wide format, in which he lowers the line of the horizon to the lower third and structures the picture with a lively scene in the foreground and a topographical view in the background, as in the painting offered here.
CHF 70 000 / 90 000 | (€ 72 160 / 92 780)
Sold for CHF 110 100 (including buyer’s premium)
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