Landscape with Two Horsecarts

Artist Jan van Goyen (Dutch, 1596–1656)

Date1652

Mediumoil on panel

Dimensionspanel: 24.3 x 37.5 cm (9 9/16 x 14 3/4 in.)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineEliza S. Paine Fund in memory of William R. and Frances T.C. Paine

Terms

panel

Object number1956.84

Label TextVan Goyen was chiefly a landscape painter, and his work includes scenes from many parts of The Netherlands. After 1626 he evolved a new method of depicting landscapes, reducing the number of colors in his palette and relying on changes of value within a few colors to suggest atmospheric effects. This painting, signed with a monogram and dated 1652, is one of a series of oil sketches which Van Goyen made early in the 1650s. They are fresh and lively scenes that illustrate his distinctive style. This one captures a feeling of space and atmosphere in a very limited range of color.ProvenanceP. de Boer, Amsterdam Holland; formerly in the collection of Fritz and Louise Gutmann

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