Jan Josephsz. van Goyen (Leiden, 13 januari 1596 – Den Haag, 27 april 1656) was een Nederlands landschapschilder uit de Gouden Eeuw. Van Goyen heeft veel schilderijen nagelaten van riviergezichten en landschappen (duinen of strand) in de omgeving van Den Haag, Rotterdam, Delft, Dordrecht, Leiden, Gouda, Rhenen, Arnhem, Nijmegen, Emmerik en Kleef. Hij schilderde regelmatig winterlandschappen, zee- en stadsgezichten, maar nooit een portret, historiestuk of stilleven. [wikipedia]
Jan van Goyen, Winter beim Dorf - 1624
Herkomst: Kunsthaus Zürich, Permanent loan from a private collection, 2016
Beschrijving: Winter in het dorp, met colfspelers (zie detailafbeeldingen onder 'publicatie bekijken')
Jan van Goyen, A Scene on the Ice by a Drinking Booth. 1645
English, Nederlands
English
A Scene on the Ice by a Drinking Booth; A Village in the Distance, 1645. Jan van Goyen (1596 - 1656)
The cold is almost tangible in Jan van Goyen’s evocation of life on the ice in a seventeenth-century Dutch winter. The horizon is low and the sky vast, so we are on a level with the people portrayed. A bank of grey cloud hovers overhead, just moving enough to let in the pale sun and allow a glimmer of reflection on the frozen waterway.
A group of figures is crowded into a wooden sledge – three men and one woman, whose skirt balloons out over the side. The horse is already headed towards the ice to haul the sledge across the river. A man in an old coat trudges along beside them while his skinny little dog lifts a foot awkwardly, as if unwilling to try the temperature of the ice in front of it. Another man tramps towards us holding a boat hook, still wearing his skates. Behind him, his companion clutches his clothes around him, gripped with cold and seemingly unable to move.
But some make a living from the weather. A man in a sledge stops to buy a drink from the owner of the makeshift tent. Under a darkening sky, the Dutch flag on top lifts a little in the wind. It’s too cold to snow. The man’s horse stands patiently, its mane hanging lank, an old, threadbare blanket flung over its back. It turns its head to us and with a tiny dot of paint, van Goyen has given it a feisty look in its eye.
Out on the ice, people go about their business. Two or three men play colf, but the rest seem to have little time to play or to enjoy the chance to skate for fun. The freezing air seems to have taken hold of them and they just keep moving, doing what needs to be done, or huddle into their garments.
The setting is an imaginary place, perhaps built up from the drawings van Goyen made in his many sketchbooks. The distant church spire and the windmill are unidentified – typical Dutch buildings that could be seen anywhere. Unlike Hendrik Avercamp’s two paintings in the National Gallery’s collection, A Winter Scene with Skaters near a Castle and A Scene on the Ice near a Town, this one evokes an atmosphere rather than showing colourful incidents to entertain the viewer. The tiny image is an elegy to winter. The colours are muted and swiftly painted, making the distant figures little more than grey outlines, almost like ghosts passing in the mist.
Oil on oak. 25.2 x 34 cm. Signed, dated
National Galleries of Scotland (NG2579). Salting Bequest, 1910
Nederlands
IJsvermaak met paardenslee en koek-en-zopietent uit 1645 door Jan van Goyen (1596-1656)
Olieverf op eiken. 25,2 x 34 cm. Gesigneerd, gedateerd
Jan van Goyen, A Scene on the Ice near Dordrecht. 1642
English, Nederlands
English
A Scene on the Ice near Dordrecht, 1642, by Jan van Goyen (1596 - 1656)
Barely a third of van Goyen’s painting of life on the ice in seventeenth-century Dordrecht shows people; the rest is sky. But he still manages to pack the picture full of incident and humour. Some people squeeze into horse-drawn sledges – the large one close to us is signed van Goyen and dated on the back panel – while others zoom across the ice or stand around and chat. Some play colf, or miss their shot and fall over, watched by an unhelpful dog.
The air is still with a mist of frost and yet the picture seems to move – a skirt flaps, a hat skids on the ice, legs kick in the air. We know which of the skaters is practised and moving at speed and which are beginners, clinging on, their bodies tense. Facial expressions are shown with a flick of the brush.
The large building on the right is the Riedijk water gate, outside Dordrecht. Further away across the frozen Merwede river, on the left, stands Merwede Castle, already a ruin by van Goyen’s time. These same ruins appear in Peasants and Cattle by the River Merwede by Aelbert Cuyp.
Oil on canvas. 117.5 x 151 cm. Signed and dated
National Gallery, London (NG1327). Bought (Lewis Fund), 1891
Nederlands
IJsvermaak bij Dordrecht van Jan van Goyen (1596-1656). Er zijn verscheidene colfspelers zichtbaar.
A Scene On The Ice by Jan Josefsz. van Goyen (1627).
This beautiful winter scene is dated 1627 and is from the early period of the master. In that time, he was under the influence of Esaias van de Velde. There are countless drawings by Van Goyen, including sketch books. He probably based the paintings he produced in his studio on these observations from the countryside. Although the paintings appear to be painted on location in the countryside, they are nevertheless imagined scenes. Van Goyen's early landscapes are quite colourful and always contain wittily observed figures. A closer look reveals all kinds here: a kolf player raising his club to hit the ball or a little man skating towards us. The lonely wanderer by the bridge is a superb touch too. The small figures getting smaller and smaller subconsciously convince us that the painting has depth. Jan van Goyen received drawing and painting lessons from the age of ten, studying with various Haarlem artists including Coenraet van Schilperoort, Isaack van Swanenburch and Jan de Man. In 1617, he spent a year studying with the painter Esaias van de Velde. Around 1629, his painting style changed, his cheerful use of colour made way for soberer tints. Nature took a central place. This new landscape style is known as the 'monochrome' or 'tonal' landscape. Original Title: IJsvermaak Oil on panel. 29,5 x 57 cm Museum Boymans - van Beuningen, Rotterdam (lent by Stichting Willem van der Vorm, 1972)
Jan van Goyen, A winter landscape with figures skating and playing colf in front of Monfoort castle. 1625
A winter landscape with figures skating and playing colf in front of Monfoort castle, 1625. Jan van Goyen (Leiden, 1596 - 1656, The Hague)
Oil on panel. 19 3/8 x 28 7/8 in. / 49.3 x 73.4 cm. Signed and dated 'I V. GOIEN. 1625' (lower left)
Auction
• Christie’s London. Sale 5964 (Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale), Lot 15 (Property from a private European Collection), 4 December 2012. Estimate GBP 150,000 - GBP 250,000; Price realised GBP 657,250
Provenance
• with Landry, Paris, circa 1925. • Victor Decock; his sale (+), Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 12 May 1948, lot 53, as 'École Hollandaise' (655,000 francs). • Anonymous sale; Paris, 7 December 1954, lot 69 (950,000 francs). • with Galerie Charpentier, 1955.
Jan van Goyen, A winter landscape with skaters and colf players
A winter landscape with skaters and colf players on a frozen lake. (Follower of) Jan Josefsz. van Goyen (Leiden, 13 januari 1596 – 27 april 1656, Den Haag)
Oil on panel. 7½ x 7 3/8 in. / 19 x 18.7 cm
Auction
• Christie’s London, South Kensington. Sale 5826 (Old Master Pictures), Lot 73, 14 September 2005. Estimate GBP 1,000 - GBP 1,500; Price realised GBP 4,800
Jan van Goyen, A Winter Landscape with Skaters and Colf Players on a frozen River near a Windmill. 1630
Jan Josefsz. van Goyen (Leiden, 1596 - 1656, The Hague), A Winter Landscape with Skaters and Colf Players on a frozen River near a Windmill
Oil on panel. 49 x 64 cm; 19 1/4 by 25 1/4 in. Signed and dated lower right: VGOIEN 1630
Auctions
• Sotheby’, Old Master Paintings Evening Sale, Property from the London Residence of Dimitri Mavrommatis. 5 December 2007, 7:00 PM GMT.Estimate 200,000 - 300,000 GBP; Lot sold 264,500 GBP
Catalogue Note
Dated 1630, this is an extremely rare example of a winter landscape by Van Goyen from the years 1628-38 and illustrates his immediate mastery of the genre, and it is therefore surprising that he spent much of the 1630s concentrating on river landscapes, dune landscapes and village scenes, only returning properly to the winter landscape in 1638. His several winter landscapes from that year are, however, clearly indebted to the present work, painted eight years earlier; compare, for example, with his 1638 work formerly with De Boer, Amsterdam,1 or with another from that year in Leiden, Stedelijk Museum de Lakenhal.2 Similarities between the latter and the present work are not merely compositional; as is often the case in his oeuvre, several motifs are repeated, most obviously the skater with the red jacket in the foreground who appears in the Lakenhal picture in reverse. Van Goyen spent much of the 1620s still heavily influenced by Esaias van de Velde, under whom he had studied in 1618-19. In 1627 he broke away from the example of his master and his works after this date show a new maturity which marks the beginning of his own individual style. His winter landscapes of the 1620s are characterised, like Van de Velde's, by a composition cluttered with figures, buildings and trees. With this painting however, dated 1630, Van Goyen propels the genre into the new decade. After this work his winter landscapes, and those of many of his peers, are dominated by a huge, overpowering sky (which here takes up over three-quarters of the composition) and the landscape itself is opened up so creating a greater sense of spatial depth. Of particular interest in this work is the presence of numerous underdrawings and pentimenti, on and around the figures. During his travels Van Goyen filled several sketchbooks with rapid studies of landscapes, buildings, animals and figures, which he would then use as the basis for elements in his oil paintings. The liberally, and often wildly, executed pencil marks that characterize this work are typical of Van Goyen's approach to drawing from this date onwards, where previously he had been far more meticulous. Both in terms of composition and technique, this panel should therefore be considered an important transitional work marking the beginning of the artist's maturity.
1. See H.-U. Beck, under Literature, p. 26, no. 52, reproduced.
2. See C. Vogelaar et al., Jan van Goyen, exhibition catalogue, Leiden and Zwolle 1996, p. 104, no. 20, reproduced.
Provenance
Douairière d'Hoop van Alstein;
His deceased sale, Ghent, Predhom, 26 july 1849, lot 109 (90 francs to Forent);
J.V. van Bever;
His sale, Brussels, Le Roy, 10 March 1884, lot 29;
Anonymous sale, Cologne, Heberle, 28 June 1890, lot 31 (2000 DM);
Edmond Huybrechts;
His deceased sale, Antwerp, Le Roy, 12 May 1902, lot 84 (8,100 francs to Sedelmeyer);
Marquise de Ganay;
Her sale, Paris, Galerie George Petit, 8-10 May 1922, lot 49 (42,000FF);
Private collection;
Anonymous sale ("The Property of a Gentleman"), London, Sotheby's, 7 July 1993, lot 45;
With Richard Green, London, from whom acquired by the present owner.
Exhibited
• Paris, Galerie Charles Sedelmeyer, 1902, no. 16;
• London, Richard Green, Important Old Master Paintings, 1994, no. 6;
• London, Richard Green, Jan Van Goyen, 1996, no. 9.
Literature
• T. von Frimmel, "Bemerkungen über den polychromen Frühstil des Jan van Goyen", in Blätter für Gemäldekunde, vol. II, 1905, pp. 71-76, cat. no. 4;
• C. Dreyfus, Les Arts, 1909, p. 4, no. 96;
• C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné..., vol. VIII, London 1927, p. 300, no. 1189;
• H.-U. Beck, Jan van Goyen 1596-1656, vol. II, Amsterdam 1973, p. 24, cat. no. 47;
• H.-U. Beck, Jan van Goyen, exhibiton catalogue, London 1996, no. 9, reproduced.
Jan van Goyen, A Winter Landscape with Skaters and Colf Players on a Frozen River near a Windmill. 1630
English, Nederlands English A Winter Landscape with Skaters and Colf Players on a Frozen River near a Windmill, by Jan Josefsz. van Goyen
(Leiden, 1596 - 1656, The Hague) Oil on panel. 49 x 64 cm.; 19 1/4 x 25 1/4 in. Signed and dated lower right: VGOIEN 1630 Provenance Douairière d'Hoop van Alstein;His deceased sale, Ghent, Predhom, 26 july 1849, lot 109 (90 francs to Forent);J.V. van Bever;His sale, Brussels, Le Roy, 10 March 1884, lot 29;Anonymous sale, Cologne, Heberle, 28 June 1890, lot 31 (2000 DM);Edmond Huybrechts;is deceased sale, Antwerp, Le Roy, 12 May 1902, lot 84 (8,100 francs to Sedelmeyer);Marquise de Ganay;Her sale, Paris, Galerie George Petit, 8-10 May 1922, lot 49 (42,000FF);Private collection;Anonymous sale ("The Property of a Gentleman"), London, Sotheby's, 7 July 1993, lot 45;With Richard Green, London, from whom acquired by the present owner.Exhibited Paris, Galerie Charles Sedelmeyer, 1902, no. 16;London, Richard Green, Important Old Master Paintings, 1994, no. 6;London, Richard Green, Jan Van Goyen, 1996, no. 9.Literature T. von Frimmel, "Bemerkungen über den polychromen Frühstil des Jan van Goyen", in Blätter für Gemäldekunde, vol. II, 1905, pp. 71-76, cat. no. 4;C. Dreyfus, Les Arts, 1909, p. 4, no. 96;C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné..., vol. VIII, London 1927, p. 300, no. 1189;H.-U. Beck, Jan van Goyen 1596-1656, vol. II, Amsterdam 1973, p. 24, cat. no. 47;H.-U. Beck, Jan van Goyen, exhibiton catalogue, London 1996, no. 9, reproduced.Auctions Sotheby's (London (England)) 2007-12-05, afb. kleurenreproductie, lotnr. 33, met opgave van herkomst en literatuur. Property from the London Residence of Dimitri Mavrommatis. Estimate 200,000 — 300,000 GBP; Sold 264,500 GBP.Catalogue Note: Dated 1630, this is an extremely rare example of a winter landscape by Van Goyen from the years 1628-38 and illustrates his immediate mastery of the genre, and it is therefore surprising that he spent much of the 1630s concentrating on river landscapes, dune landscapes and village scenes, only returning properly to the winter landscape in 1638. His several winter landscapes from that year are, however, clearly indebted to the present work, painted eight years earlier; compare, for example, with his 1638 work formerly with De Boer, Amsterdam,1 or with another from that year in Leiden, Stedelijk Museum de Lakenhal.2 Similarities between the latter and the present work are not merely compositional; as is often the case in his oeuvre, several motifs are repeated, most obviously the skater with the red jacket in the foreground who appears in the Lakenhal picture in reverse. Van Goyen spent much of the 1620s still heavily influenced by Esaias van de Velde, under whom he had studied in 1618-19. In 1627 he broke away from the example of his master and his works after this date show a new maturity which marks the beginning of his own individual style. His winter landscapes of the 1620s are characterised, like Van de Velde's, by a composition cluttered with figures, buildings and trees. With this painting however, dated 1630, Van Goyen propels the genre into the new decade. After this work his winter landscapes, and those of many of his peers, are dominated by a huge, overpowering sky (which here takes up over three-quarters of the composition) and the landscape itself is opened up so creating a greater sense of spatial depth. Of particular interest in this work is the presence of numerous underdrawings and pentimenti, on and around the figures. During his travels Van Goyen filled several sketchbooks with rapid studies of landscapes, buildings, animals and figures, which he would then use as the basis for elements in his oil paintings. The liberally, and often wildly, executed pencil marks that characterize this work are typical of Van Goyen's approach to drawing from this date onwards, where previously he had been far more meticulous. Both in terms of composition and technique, this panel should therefore be considered an important transitional work marking the beginning of the artist's maturity.
1. See H.-U. Beck, under Literature, p. 26, no. 52, reproduced. 2. See C. Vogelaar et al., Jan van Goyen, exhibition catalogue, Leiden and Zwolle 1996, p. 104, no. 20, reproduced.
NederlandsWinterlandschap met schaatsers op een bevroren vaart bij een molen, rechts op de achtergrond een galgenveld, 1630, door Jan van Goyen
Olieverf op paneel. 49 x 64 cm. Gesigneerd en gedateerd rechtsonder: VGOIEN 1630
Veilingen
• Sotheby's (London (England)) 2007-12-05, afb. kleurenreproductie, lotnr. 33, met opgave van herkomst en literatuur. Property from the London Residence of Dimitri Mavrommatis. Estimate 200,000 — 300,000 GBP; Sold 264,500 GBP.
Jan van Goyen, A winter landscape with skaters, elegant figures and colf players
English, Nederlands
English
A winter landscape with skaters, elegant figures and colf players on the ice in a village, 162?. Jan Josefsz. van Goyen (Leiden, 1596 - 1656, The Hague)
Oil on panel. 13.6 x 26.8 cm. Signed and indistinctly dated 'I.V. GOYEN. 162.' (lower left)
Provenance
• Anonymous sale; Drouot, Paris, 21 March 1874, lot 23 (Frs. 510), erroneously as a pendant to the consecutive lot. • Comte de Camondo; Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1 February 1893, lot 6 (Frs. 1,700 to W. Gretor). • Anonymous sale; Drouot, Paris, 18 February 1895, lot 13 (Frs. 750 to Lange). • G. Forbes, London (according to Dayot and Hofstede de Groot). • Jules Cronier; Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 11 March 1908, lot 88 (Frs. 1,200 to Kleinberger). • with Kleinberger, Paris. • Eugène Max, Paris, by 1911 and up to 1927. • with Grange, Paris. • Private collection, Paris, by 1965. • Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 1 March 1992, lot 36 (£ 101,200). • with John Mitchell, London, by 1993.
Auction
• Christie’s, Amsterdam. Sale 3021 (40th Anniversary Sale), Lot 68, 20 November 2012. Estimate € 100,000 - € 150,000; Price realised € 211,000
Source: Do Smit
Nederlands
Winterlandschap met figuren op het ijs bij een boerderij, midden jaren 1620, door Jan van Goyen
Winter landscape with figures on the ice near a cottage, by Jan van Goyen
Olieverf op paneel. 13,6 x 26,8 cm. Gesigneerd en resten van datering linksonder: I.V. GOYEN. 162. (transcriptie volgens cat. veiling Amsterdam, 20 november 2011)
Veilingen/Auctions
• Christie's (Amsterdam) 2012-11-20, afb. kleurenreproductie, lotnr. 68. 211.000 EURO volgens opbrengstenlijst Christie's, met opgave van herkomst en literatuur
Literatuur/Documentation
• Beck 1972-1991 , dl. 2, p. 46, nr. 88 , afb., abusievelijk als pendant van nr. 244
Jan van Goyen, Colf Players At the Right On the Ice Near Dordrecht. 1643
Colf Players At the Right On the Ice Near Dordrecht. 1643. Jan van Goyen (1596 – 1656)
The low horizon line of this picture emphasizes the most prominent characteristic of the Dutch countryside—its flatness. Several Dutch artists working in the middle years of the 17th century focused on this aspect of their native land. Using a limited number of colors, Jan van Goyen captures the tonal variations in the clouds and the reflected light on the cool ice below.
Oil on panel. 14 5/8 x 13 1/4 in. / 37.1 x 33.7 cm
Saint Louis Art Museum (223:1916), Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
• Art dealer Walter Andreas Hofer, München/Berlijn Beck 1972-1991 1961 - gesignaleerd
• Particuliere collectie / Private collection Charlie Mills, Chantilly
• Art dealer H. Terry-Engell Gallery, Londen , inv./cat.nr 9 (cat. herfsttentoontenstelling 1961) Beck 1972-1991 1961 - gesignaleerd
• Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Keulen , inv./cat.nr in bruikleen van een particuliere collectie/kunsthandel volgens cat. veiling Keulen, 14 mei 2011 1973 - 2011 gesignaleerd tussen 1973 en 2011
• Lempertz (Keulen) 2011-05-14, afb. colour reproduction, lotnr. 1074, met opgave van onjuiste plaats van signatuur en onjuiste opgave van literatuur (Beck, II nr. 96 en niet abusievlijk 63), en opgave van herkomst en literatuur
Literatuur
• Beck 1972-1991 , dl. 2, p. 50-51, cat.nr. 96 , afb. en opgave van herkomst
Figuren bij een dorp in de winter door Jan van Goyen (1596 - 1656)
Tekening op papier met zwart krijt, penseel in grijs, bruin, blauw en grijsgroen, 194 x 320 mm
Rijksmuseum (RP-T-1902-A-4701C); schenking van een particulier in december 1902
Literatuur
• Dutch drawings of the seventeenth century in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam : artists born between 1580 and 1600, dl. 1: texts, p. 74-75, dl. 2: plates, p. 97, cat.nr. 129
• Land en water : Hollandse tekeningen uit de 17de eeuw in het Rijksprentenkabinet
Jan van Goyen, Hollands ijslandschap met schaatsers en colfspelers. 1641
Hollands ijslandschap met schaatsers en colfspelers, 1641, door Jan van Goyen
Dutch winter landscape with skaters and colf players
Olieverf op eikenhout/Oil on oak. Liggend ovaal/Lying oval: 40,5 x 54,5 cm. Gesigneerd en gedateerd links: V Goyen 1641
Herkomst/Provenance
• private collection Johann Benjamin Ehrenreich, Frankfurt am Main, bought at the auctionhouse Juncker und Kaller in Frankfurt am Main, 1763-01-19. January 1763 - February 1763 • private collection Karoline Luise Markgräfin von Baden-Durlach, Karlsruhe. February 1763 - • Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe , inv./cat.nr 325
Literatuur/Documentation
• Parthey 1863-1864 , vol. 1, p. 510, no. 79 • Koelitz/Lübke 1887 , p. 95, no. 325 , as a 'copy after Jan van Goijen' • Kircher 1933 , p. 163, no. 161 • Lauts 1966 , vol. 1, p. 129, no. 325 • Jacob-Friesen et al. 2015 , p. 332, no. 87, ill.
Ice fun in front of an inn. 1650. Jan Josephsz van Goyen (1596 - 1656)
In front of an inn, with a smoking fireplace, a scene of winter pleasures unfolds. The figures in the front, with their back to us, lead the gaze onto the ice with people taking a walk, ice skaters, as well as colf players. Colf enjoyed great popularity in the Netherlands. Colf players belonged to the standard repertoire in Dutch winter landscapes. Jan van Goyen aided his memory by sketching his impressions while traveling. Later in his studio he combined the elements of his snapshot-like drawings to continuously create novel and authentic fictional landscapes. He was one of the most productive painters of his time and developed a very economic work style. This Berlin work has a very thin layer of paint, which allowed fast work and a low use of material. Britta Bode Oil on oak panel. 35,3 x 39,4 cm Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie (865C), Preussischer Kulturbesitz. 1874 Ankauf mit der Sammlung des Bankiers Barthold Suermondt Source: Do Smit Nederlands
IJsvermaak voor een herberg, 1650, door Jan van Goyen Figures on the ice before an inn, 1650, by Jan van Goyen Olieverf op paneel/Oil on panel. Staande rechthoek 34 x 39 cm. Gemonogrammeerd en gedateerd (niet bekend waar): VG 1650 (Volgens notitie opzetkarton op twee plaatsen gemonogrammeerd en gedateerd; niet zichtbaar op foto's)
Herkomst/Provenance • Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum, Berlin , inv./cat.nr 65C (cat. 1935)
• Gemäldegalerie (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin), Berlin, inv./cat.nr 865C
Literatuur/Documention • Hofstede de Groot 1907-1925 , dl. 8, nr. 1154
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie (865C), Preussischer Kulturbesitz. 1874 Ankauf mit der Sammlung des Bankiers Barthold Suermondt
• [3] purchased 1976 by private collection, United States; (sale, Sotheby's, London, 30 January 2014, no. 37)
• (Richard Green [Fine Paintings], London); sold 30 May 2014 to NGA.
[1] The painting sold for 340.3 livres; its description in the sale catalogue reads: "...ce Tableau d'une bonne couleur, est un des plus beaux de ce Maitre."
[2] The painting was included in the 1949 summer exhibition at the Slatter Gallery.
[3] On the reverse of the painting is an Agnew's label with number 39446 on it.
Exhibitions
• 1949 - Exhibition of Dutch and Flemish Masters, Eugene Slatter Gallery, London, 1949, no. 4, repro., as Skating Scene.
Literature
• 1972 - Beck, Hans-Ulrich. Jan van Goyen 1596-1656, ein Oeuvreverzeichnis. 4 vols. Vol. 2: Katalog der Gemälde. Amsterdam, 1973: 16, no. 30, repro.
• 2014 - Wheelock, Arthur K., Jr. "Gifts and Acquisitons: Jan van Goyen, Ice Scene Near a Wooden Observation Tower" National Gallery of Art Bulletin 51 (Fall 2014): 21-22, repro.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA (2014.35.1), The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund
Source: Do Smit
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• Afbeelding in groter formaat (zie bijlage; jpg, 18.4 MB)
Jan van Goyen, Ice Scene with Huis te Merwede near Dordrecht. 1638
English, Nederlands English
Ice Scene with Huis te Merwede near Dordrecht, 1638, by Jan van Goyen (Leiden, 1596 - 1656, Den Haag)
Winter landscapes became unprecedentedly popular in the 17th century, and Jan van Goyen also turned his hand to the genre. In contrast to the narrative ice scenes of his contemporary Avercamp, Van Goyen focused on the weather conditions. Above the ruins of Huis te Merwede (near Dordrecht) on the horizon, Van Goyen created an atmospheric effect with a wintry cloudy sky that occupies three-quarters of the panel. Oil on panel. 39 x 61 cm; with frame 58,5 x 81 x 5,5 cm. Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden (S 1054); purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt, 1960. Literature • Serendipity on Early Golf van Robin Bargmann, p.103. 2010. ISBN 978-90-816364-1-4 Nederlands IJsgezicht met zicht op de ruïne van Huys ter Merwede bij Dordrecht uit 1638 van Jan van Goyen (1596-1656).
Schilderij met de voorstelling van een winterlandschap. Het grijze ijsgezicht toont een fletse lichtval op het ijs en kou wordt gesuggereerd door het kale land in de verte. Onder een hoge hemel, op een weidse ijsvlakte en tegen een lage horizon, openbaart het ijsvermaak zich in al zijn facetten: schaatsen, prik- en paardenslee, colfspel en een tent met koek-en-zopie. In het verschiet is in het midden de middeleeuwse toren-ruïne van het Huis te Merwede bij Dordrecht afgebeeld. De colvers zien we naast de schuit aan de linkerzijde van het schilderij. Op de achtergrond de ruïne van Huys ter Merwede.
Olieverf op paneel, 39 x 61 cm; met lijst 58,5 x 81 x 5,5 cm. Signatuur: voorzijde, linksonder, op de boomstam: J.V.Goyen 1638. Schilderij zit in een houten lijst en zit achter glas. Op de achterkant zitten twee lakzegels en plakbriefjes met "Allegato 32" en met potlood "Ansell". Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden (S 1054); aankoop met steun van de Vereniging Rembrandt, 1960. Literatuur • Serendipity on Early Golf van Robin Bargmann, pagina 103. 2010. ISBN 978-90-816364-1-4 Download • Afbeelding in lijst (zie bijlage; jpg, 1.11 MB)
Iceskating near a village, c. 1625 painted by Jan van Goyen (Leiden, 1596 - 1656, Den Haag)
This small winter scene is an early example of the new tendency in Dutch art around 1610-1630 favouring a more true-to-life rendering of the landscape. The sweeping hilly landscapes of the Southern Netherlandish painting tradition made way for simple Dutch landscapes seen from a lower vantage point.Haarlem was home to this development with artists such as Esaias van de Velde, who joined the local Guild of St Luke in 1612, but moved to The Hague around 1618. The central motif in this painting is the frozen expanse ofwater, which leads the eye via the skaters into the distance.Awooden bridge spanning the water and lending intimacy to the scene separates the background from foreground. The left is bounded by a house and two tall bare trees and at the right an open section of land is closed off by a village with a large church further on.There is no snow, only white dots of frost causing the landscape, the trees and the roofs to glisten. The landscape is populated by numerous figures in a variety of clothing, skating or playing ‘kolf’ on the ice, or simply walking along the water’s edge. The painting bears the signature VG and therefore was long attributed to Jan van Goyen. In recent years, however, it has become clear that Esaias van de Velde, with whom Van Goyen completed his training in Haarlem around 1617, must have painted it.1Van Goyen’s early winter landscapes are very close to those by Esaias van de Velde from the same period.Paintings by Van de Velde were often later provided with the signature of the far better-known Jan van Goyen.2 The signature on our painting is also false.Keyes counts this painting to four winter landscapes from around 1620, the two smallest of which – the Haarlem one and a tondo in Leiden – he contends were incorrectly given to Jan van Goyen.3The primary arguments for an attribution to Van de Velde are the trees, which, according to him, are more caricatural in Van Goyen’s work, and the sky, which Van Goyen painted with greater subtlety and a less strict division between clouds and blue sky. The dicisive argument however was forwarded by Gifford, who discovered that the way in which the datails in the background were painted pointed to Esaias van de Velde.The datails were introduced only after the paint of the sky had dried, while Jan van Goyen always painted the sky and the background in a single session ‘wet in wet’.4
Oil on panel. 28,5 x 37,5 cm / 11.2" x 14.7". With frame 46 x 54.3 cm. Signed on the embankment above the man with the sleigh: VG (virtually illegible)
Provenance
• Art dealer J. Goudstikker,Amsterdam; • snk,The Hague (no. 118); • on loan from the icn since 1948
Literature • Dobrzycka 1966,no. 247 (as Jan van Goyen); • Beck 1972-91, vol. 1, p. 56 note 1c; vol. 2, no. 247 (Esaias van de Velde?); Amsterdam/Zwolle 1982,p. 51 (Esaias van de Velde); • Keyes 1984,pp. 51, 74, 139-140,no. 76, fig. 199 (Esaias van de Velde); Tokyo/Kyoto 1990,no. 46 (Esaias van de Velde); cat.The Hague, rbk1992,no. 837 (Jan van Goyen); Leiden 1993,pp. 12, 13 (Esaias van de Velde); • Gifford 1997,pp. 170-174, figs. 109-112 (Esaias van de Velde)
Jan van Goyen, Scene on the ice; a frozen landscape with numerous figures. 1653
English
Drawn on paper in 1653 by Jan van Goyen (1596 - 1656).
Scene on the ice; a frozen landscape with numerous figures, to left a horse-drawn sled and tent, in the foreground two figures seated on the ground and on the horizon a church and windmill.
Jan van Goyen, Skating on the Merwede near Dordrecht. 1646
English, français, Nederlands
English
Skating on the Merwede near Dordrecht, by Jan van Goyen (Leiden 1596 - 1656 The Hague)
In 1638 Jan van Goyen went back to painting winter landscapes, a genre to which he made an essential contribution. The examples from the 1640s were executed almost in monochrome with a very few light touches of colour and sometimes, as in this painting, in an extremely sketchy way. The countless figures – skaters, kolf players, sleigh riders – are perfectly subordinated to the evocation of the wintry atmosphere. On the horizon is Dordrecht’s Grote Kerk, and nearer to the centre, almost at the vanishing point of the perspective, the tower of the Huys te Merwede can be distinguished, which had been standing isolated in the river since the St Elizabeth’s flood of 1421.
Oil on panel. 39.2 x 58.5 cm. Monogrammed and dated 1646
InstitutNêerlandais, Paris (collectie Frits Lugt)
Français
Patineurs sur la rivière Merwede, tableau par Jan van Goyen (1596 - 1656)
Au loin, à droite, la ville de Dordrecht.
Panneau. 39 x 58 cm. Signé des initiales VG et daté de 1646
Institut Nêerlandais, Paris (collection Frits Lugt)
Provenance
• Arthur Kay, 1907
• August Janssen, 1918
Nederlands
De Merwede bij Dordrecht, door Jan van Goyen 1646)
Olieverf op paneel. 11,4 x 19,4 cm
Institut Nêerlandais, Paris (collectie Frits Lugt)
Literatuur
• Catalogus: La vie en Hollande au XVIIe siècle, Paris 1967, No. 85
Jan van Goyen, Skating Scene before the Noorderpoort. 1627
Skating Scene before the Noorderpoort in Hoorn (1627), by Jan van Goyen (1596 - 1656)
This winter scene is populated by various Dutch men and womes skating and playing games. In the forground three figures are playing colf, a game in which three opponents try to hit a ball with a club. To the right of the players, a woman is sitting in a sleigh while being pushed by a man.
Van Goyen was a prolific painter who created hundreds of these stunning small landscapes which were very popular with contemporary collectors.
Oil on panel. Cross section 34 cm. Signed and dated: I V Goyen 1627.
Bequeathed by Reginald Jones, 1951
Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archeology, Oxford (WA1951.51.5)
Jan van Goyen, The village church surrounded by houses stands on the right, on the far bank of the frozen river. 162(4)
English, Nederlands
English
A Village in Winter
The village church surrounded by houses stands on the right, on the far bank of the frozen river. A farmstead flanked by bare trees stands on the left bank at a bend in the river. Numerous figures are sledging, skating and colfing on the ice.
Oil on panel. 19,7 x 33 cm. Signed in full and dated 162(4)
Literature
• Beck Supplement No. G 34 A
Sale
• Christie's, London, 11-4-1975 No. 69, ill (flase signature E. van de Velde)
• Waterman, Amsterdam, 1981
Private collection
Nederlands
Een dorp in de winter van Jan van Goyen (1596-1656).
Verderop aan de bevroren rivier een dorpskerk omgeven door huizen. Links een boerenbedrijf met kale bomen. Talrijke figuren op het ijs: colvers, schaatsers (soms met zwierstok).
Olieverf op hout. 19,7 x 33 cm. Gesigneerd en gedateerd 162(4?)
Literatuur: Beck Supplement nr G 34 A
Particulier bezit (op 11 april 1975 verworven bij Christie's, Londen)
A horse-drawn sledge with four passengers in the middle ground; the coachman walks alongside. To the left, before a sandbank, several skaters, one with a pole over his shoulder, another pushing his wife on a small sledge. Slightly left of the centre foreground a boy on a sledge and a dog; farther right a round fishbasket on the ice. A tent with refreshments is pitched on a sandbank in the right bakground and at hte right of the tent two men are colfing. In the extreme left of the painting a windmill marks the horizon.
Oil on panel. 35 x 54,5 cm. Signed lower right: VG 164(0)
Literature
• Beck No. 54, ill.
Sale
• Count L. Mnizech, Paris, 9-4-1902, No. 117, ill.
• Charles Sedelmeyer, Paris, cat. 1902 No. 17, ill
• Collection: Henry Heugel, Paris
• François Heugel, Paris
• Collection: Norton Simon, Los Angeles
• Waterman, Amsterdam (1981)
Exhibition
• Paris, Musée Carnavalet, 1950, No. 23, ill.
Nederlands
Vervoer op een bevroren rivier van Jan van Goyen (1596-1656).
In het midden zien we een paardenslee met vier passagiers; de voerman loopt er naast. Links zien we voor een zandbank twee schaatsers, waarvan één met een paal over zijn schouder, en een vrouw in een slee die door een man wordt voortgeduwd. Helemaal rechts op het schilderij zien we twee (klein afgebeelde) colvers.
Jan van Goyen, Village Church along Frozen Canal. 1628
English, Nederlands
English
Village Church along Frozen Canal.
The village church with steeple is surrounded by farm houses on the left; before them, a bare tree. A man stands by an ice-bount boat in the left foreground; several figures are on the ice: colf-players, skaters, and a man pushing a sledge.
Beyond, the canal leads under a bridge into the distance.
Oil on panel. 35,5 x 61,5 cm. Signed in full (Ia?) and dated 1628
Literature
• Beck No. 45, ill.
Private collection: • Chr. Moes, Amsterdam since 1917
• Mrs. Verloop-Moes, Velp, 1969
Waterman, Amsterdam (1981)
Nederlands
Dorpskerk aan het ijs van Jan van Goyen (1596-1656).
De dorpskerk links wordt omgeven door boerenhuizen. Daarvoor een kale boom. Links op de voorgrond staat een colver voor een ingevroren boot. Verder nog verscheidene figuren op het ijs: colvers, schaatsers en een man die een slee duwt.
Olieverf op paneel. 35,5 x 61,5 cm. Gesigneerd en gedateerd 1628.
Jan van Goyen, Winter Landscape with Colf Players, Skaters and Fishermen. 1647
Winter Landscape with Colf Players, Skaters and Fishermen, 1647, by Jan van Goyen (Leiden 1596 - 1656 The Hague)
Known for tonal, monochromatic landscape paintings in his later years, the Haarlem artist Jan van Goyen made hundreds of chalk drawings from nature in his travels throughout Holland, the Southern Netherlands, and the area around Cleve. Although many of these scenes ultimately informed his paintings, rarely were they directly preparatory. This winter view of 1647 appears to have no painted corollary and the site has not been identified.
Drawing: Black chalk with gray wash; two framing lines, the first in brush and gray ink by Van Goyen himself, the second in pen and dark brown ink added later. 4 7/16 x 7 11/16 in. (11.3 x 19.5 cm)
Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings Provenance John Postle Heseltine, London; Heseltine sale, F. Muller, Amsterdam, 27-28 May 1913, lot 104, ill.; [Gustav Nebehay, Vienna]; H.E. ten Cate, Almelo (Lugt 533b on the verso); [C.G. Boerner, Düsseldorf] (December 1964 catalogue, no. 43); [H.N. Bier, London]. Acquired by Robert Lehman in 1965. Timeline of Art History (2000-present)
Publications
Seventeenth-Century Dutch and Flemish Drawings from the Robert Lehman CollectionThe Robert Lehman Collection. Vol. 7, Fifteenth- to Eighteenth-Century European Drawings in the Robert Lehman Collection: Central Europe, the Netherlands, France, England
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection, New York (1975.1.779)
Jan van Goyen, Winter landscape with Montfoort Castle. 1634
Winterlandschap met kasteel Montfoort, 1634, door Jan van Goyen Winter landscape with Montfoort Castle, 1634, by Jan van Goyen Olieverf op paneel. 55,9 x 91,5 cm. Gesigneerd en gedateerd linksonder: VGOYEN / 1634 Veilingen/Auctions • Christie's (London (England)) 2008-07-08, afb. kleurenreproductie, lotnr. 15, met opgave van herkomst
Literatuur/Documentation
• Beck 1972-1991 , dl. 2 (1973), nr. 48 Bron/Source: Do Smit
Jan van Goyen, Winter Scene with Tall Beacon. 1642
English, Nederlands
English
Winter Scene with Tall Beacon
Two men are resting on the jetty, at the far end of which rises a tall beacon. In the left foreground a man is sitting on a boat frozen in the ice; a boy is sledging. Two horse-drawn passenger sledges occupy the centre; farther right a man is skating with a pole over his shoulder, another is pushing his wife over the ice on a sledge. In the right background stands a tent with refreshments for the skaters and colfers. To the left, behind the jetty a cluster of buildings dominated by a massive tower; at the foot of the tower several boats lying idle due to the ice. A windmill and a church-spire mark the horizon on the right.
Oil on panel. 34 x 45 cm. Signed om boat: VG 1642
Literature
• Beck No. 60, ill.
Douwes, Amsterdam (1929)
Waterman, Amsterdam (1981)
Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, on loan from Dienst Verspreide Rijkscollecties, The Hague
Exhibition
• Dordrecht, 1964. No. 41, ill.
Nederlands
Wintertafereel met hoge paal van Jan van Goyen (1596-1656).
Ook hier weer een paardenslee en schaatsers. Helemaal rechts op het schilderij zijn (klein afgebeeld) twee colvers te zien.
Jan van Goyen, Winter Scene with Three Windmills. 1642
English, Nederlands
English
Winter Scene with Three Windmills, by Jan van Goyen (1596 - 1656)
A busy scene on frozen river: two horse-drawn sledges with passengers, two men dragging a treetrunk across the ice in the right foreground. Farther left a skater is adjusting his straps, another skater is resting on an ice-bound rowing-boat. A man and woman are conversing with a colfer on a point of land projecting from the left. A farmstead and church are to be seen in the background.
Oil on panel. Oval 34,3 x 52,7 cm. Signed on boat (left): VG 1642
Literature
• Beck No. 24, ill.
Waterman, Amsterdam (1981)
Collection Joan Dowager Lord Altrincham, Tormarton Court near Bristol
Source: Stichting NGA Early Golf
Nederlands
Wintertafereel met drie windmolens van Jan van Goyen (1596-1656).
We zien twee paardensleden met passagiers, twee mannen die een boomstronk naar rechts trekken. Links bindt een schaatser zijn schaatsen onder en een andere rust op een vastgevroren boot. Helemaal links spreken een man en een vrouw met een colver. In de verte zien we een boerderij en drie windmolens.
Jan van Goyen, Winter Sports on a Frozen Castle Moat. 1624
English, Nederlands
English
Winter Sports on a Frozen Castle Moat
The castle is encircled by a bastillioned wall: a strong rectangular tower dominates the right middle ground. Several figures are strolling in front of the castle. The ice is crowded with people: skaters, colfers, and elegantly dressed gentlefolk. Farther back, to the left, an ice-bound rowing-boat moored close to the left bank serves as a seat.
Oil on panel. 67 x 88 cm. Signed in full on a beam (right) and dated 1624
Literature
• HdG No. 1156
• Volhard pp. 51 and 171
• Dobrzycka No. 12
• Beck No. 35, ill.
Provenance
• Seger Tierens, The Hague, 23-7-1743 No. 269
• Zeger Hasebroek, Leiden, 26-4-1763 No. 74
Collection: Dr. Focke Bremen
Waterman, Amsterdam, 1981
Exhibition
• Bremen, 1904, No. 175
Nederlands
Wintervermaak op een bevroren kasteelgracht van Jan van Goyen (1596-1656).
Het kasteel is omgeven door een versterkte muur. Een sterke vierkante toren domineert rechts op de voorgrond. Veel figuren vermaken zich op het ijs: schaatsers, colvers en elegant gekleed volk. Links zien we een vastgevroren boot die dienst doet als bank.
Olieverf op hout. 67 x 88 cm. Gesigneerd en gedateerd 1624.
Literatuur: HdG no 1156, Volhard pags. 51 en 171, Dobrzycka nr 12, Beck nr 35
Particulier bezit.
Bron: Stichting Early Golf
Literatuur
• Serendipity on Early Golf van Robin Bargmann, pagina 51. 2010. ISBN 978-90-816364-1-4
Jan van Goyen, Winter; ijsvermaak onder de wallen. 1624
Winter; ijsvermaak onder de wallen, 1624, door Jan van Goyen
Olieverf op paneel. 13,2 x 26 cm. Gesigneerd en gedateerd linksonder: IVGOIEN 1624
Veilingen/Auctions
• Sotheby's (London (England)) 1997-12-03 - 1997-12-04, afb. kleurenreproductie, lotnr. 67, samen met pendant; met opgave van herkomst, tentoonstellingen en literatuur
Tentoonstellingen/Exhibitions
• Jan van Goyen [Leiden, 1996] Stedelijk Museum de Lakenhal , Leiden , 1996-10-12 - 1997-01-13 , nr. 3
Winter uit 1625 van Jan van Goyen (1596-1656). Ronde voorstelling van een landschap met ijsvermaak in de winter. Op de bevroren slotgracht rond een kasteel vermaakt een grote groep mensen zich met schaatsen en kolfen.
Olieverf op paneel. Doorsnede 33,4 cm. Opschriften/merken: Signatuur en datum: I. V Goien 1625
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (inv.nr. SK-A-3946). Verwerving: Aankoop in 1958
Bron: Stichting Early Golf
Literatuur
•Hendrick Avercamp : master of the ice scene, p. 25, afb. 8, •Hendrick Avercamp : de meester van het ijsgezicht, p. 25, afb. 8, •Artists born between 1570 and 1600, p. 153, 154, •Masters of 17th-Century Dutch Landscape Painting, cat.nr. 32
Jan van Goyen, Winterlandschap met schaatsers bij de wallen van een stad. Ca. 1622-1623
Winterlandschap met schaatsers bij de wallen van een stad, ca. 1622-1623, door Jan van Goyen
Olieverf op paneel. 13,3 x 25,4 cm. Datering: ca. 1622-1623 (volgens opgave in veilingcat. Sotheby's, New York, 28-1-2000); vroeg werk, voor 1630 (1611 - 1630)
Veilingen/Auctions
• Sotheby's (New York City) 2000-01-28, afb. kleurenreproductie, lotnr. 47, met opgave van (t.o.v. bij Beck vermelde gecorrigeerde) herkomst en literatuur
Jan van Goyen, Winterlandschap met schaatsers op een bevroren rivier buiten een stad. 1625
Winterlandschap met schaatsers op een bevroren rivier buiten een stad, 1625, door Jan van Goyen
Winter landscape with ice-skaters on a frozen river outside a town, 1625, by Jan van Goyen
Olieverf op paneel/Oil on panel. Doorsnede 33 cm. Gesigneerd en gedateerd linksonder: I.V. GOYEN 1625
Herkomst/Provenance
• Galerie Van Diemen & Co, Berlin/The Hague/Amsterdam/New York City. 1925 - gesignaleerd
• private collection Elizabeth Adelaide Leonard, New York City. - 1985 • art dealer Richard Green, London. 1985 - gesignaleerd 1985-1987
Veilingen/Auctions
• Sotheby's (New York City) 1985-01-17, afb. kleurenreproductie, lotnr. 16 Inbrenger nalatenschap Elizabeth Adelaide Leonard Naam koper : onbekend, 190,000 USD. Beck 1972-1991 , samen met pendant; met opgave van herkomst en literatuur
Literatuur/Documentation
• Beck 1972-1991 , dl. 2, p. 8, nr. 11; dl. 3, p. 138-139, nr. 11, afb. , met opgave van herkomst
Jan van Goyen, Winterse scène op een bevroren meer. 1653
Winterse scène op een bevroren meer, 1653, door Jan van Goyen
Winter scene on a frozen lake
Zwart krijt, gewassen in grijs en kaderlijn in rood krijt op papier. 113 x 198 cm. Gemonogrammeerd en gedateerd middenonder: VG 1653
Herkomst/Provenance
- private collection Nikolay Semyonovich Mosolov, Moscow, 1901 - 1914 gekocht voor 88 mark van dr. Julius Rosenberg op zijn veiling in Leipzig, 1-2 mei 1901