Live Auction 15655Old Masters Part II
Jan van Goyen (Leiden 1596-1656 The Hague)
Lot 209 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF MR. GERARD ARNHOLD

Jan van Goyen (Leiden 1596-1656 The Hague)

A river landscape with a village beyond

Closed19 April 2018

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Jan van Goyen (Leiden 1596-1656 The Hague)
A river landscape with a village beyond
oil on panel, a fragment
12 x 14 3/8 in. (30.5 x 36.5 cm.)

Friedrich Frey-Fürst (1882-1953), Der Bürgenstock, Lucerne, and by decent to his son
Fritz Frey, Der Bürgenstock, Lucerne; Sotheby's, London, 11 December 1996, lot 70, where acquired by the present owner.

Specialist note

Beck confirmed the attribution of the painting at the time of the 1996 sale and dated it to circa 1623-24. He further noted that most of van Goyen's early river landscapes are on long horizontal panels and suggested that this was the left-hand portion of such a composition.