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Jan van Goyen (Leiden 1596-1656 The Hague)
Lot 320 Property from a Private New York Estate

Jan van Goyen (Leiden 1596-1656 The Hague)

A chapel on the bank of an estuary

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Jan van Goyen (Leiden 1596-1656 The Hague)
A chapel on the bank of an estuary
signed 'VG' (lower center, on the boat)
oil on panel
13 ¾ x 12 ¼ in. (35 x 31.1 cm.)

Jacob Klein, Frankfurt am Main; his sale, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main, 31 October 1911, lot 13.
Rudolf Bauer, Frankfurt am Main.
with Gebr. Douwes, Amsterdam, 1928.
J.H.J. Mellaart, London.
with P. de Boer, Amsterdam, 1930.
Anonymous sale; Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 7 April 1970, lot 55.
with Galerie Sanct Lucas, Vienna, by 1981.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 12 December 1984, lot 59.
with P. de Boer, Amsterdam, by 1985.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 11 January 1989, lot 188, where acquired by the present owner.

Specialist note

A leading exponent of the so-called 'tonal' landscape, Jan van Goyen captures the tranquility of a dilapidated chapel in an estuary with a color palette comprised predominately of subtle hues of brown and green. The upright format of this painting is characteristic of a number of works the artist produced in the 1640s, including his Fishermen hauling a net and A river scene with a hut on an island, dating to circa 1640-1645 (National Gallery, London), the Country house near the water of 1646 (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) and the Castle by a river of 1647 (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).