Jan van Goyen, Ice Scene near a Wooden Observation Tower. 1646

Ice Scene near a Wooden Observation Tower, 1646, by Jan van Goyen

Oil on panel. Overall: 36.5 x 34.3 cm (14 3/8 x 13 1/2 in.). Inscription: lower right on the boat, VG in monogram: VG 1646

Provenance

• Jacques-Phillippe Le Bas [1707-1783], Paris; (his estate sale, at his residence, Paris, 1-6 December 1783, no. 1);[1]

• Dulac. (Eugene Slatter Gallery, London), in 1949.[2] (Thomas Agnew & Sons, Ltd., London);

• [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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