Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Jan van Goyen
(1596 - 1656)
 

Jan Josephszoon van Goyen was a Dutch landscape painter. The scope of his landscape subjects was very broad as he painted forest landscapes, marine paintings, river landscapes, beach scenes, winter landscapes, cityscapes, architectural views and landscapes with peasants. The list of painters he influenced is much longer. He was an extremely prolific artist who left approximately twelve hundred paintings and more than one thousand drawings.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_van_Goyen

The Pelkus Gate near Utrecht
1646
Oil on wood
36.8 x 57.2 cm
The MET
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436557

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