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Summary

Jan van Goyen: View of a Port

Artist



Alternative names	Jan Josefsz. van Goyen, Jan Josephsz. van Goyen
Description	Dutch painter and drawer
Date of birth/death	13 January 1596	27 April 1656
Location of birth/death	Leiden	The Hague
Work period	1620–1656
Work location	Leiden, Hoorn, Leiden (ca. 1610–1615), France (1615–1616), Haarlem (1617), Leiden (1618–1632), The Hague (1632–1634), Haarlem (1634), The Hague (1635–1656)
Authority file	: Q315996 VIAF: 14817785 ISNI: 000000008358964X ULAN: 500115612 LCCN: n82134567 NLA: 35793100 WorldCat

Title

View of a port.

Object type

painting

Genre

marine art

Date

1641

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 77 cm (30.3 in); width: 105 cm (41.3 in)

Collection

National Museum in Warsaw

	Native name	Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie
	Location	Warsaw
	Coordinates	52° 13′ 54″ N, 21° 01′ 29″ E
	Established	20 May 1862
	Website	www.mnw.art.pl
	Authority file	: Q153306 VIAF: 155350218 ISNI: 0000000122540874 LCCN: n50052919 NLA: 36307256 GND: 1008386-8 WorldCat

Current location

not on view

Accession number

M.Ob.93 (164)

Object history

before 1846: purchased by Aleksander Kokular, Warsaw
1937: purchased by National Museum in Warsaw (MNW)

Inscriptions

Signature and date bottom right:

VGOYEN 1641

Notes

A dramatic display of cloud formations unfolds in the sky, contrasting with the peaceful doings on the river. The monochrome palette of grey and blue tones was a speciality of the so-called tonal phase of landscape painting before 1650.

References

Tomasz F. de Rosset (2000). Galeria Aleksandra Kokulara i kilka innych kolekcji artystycznych warszawskich malarzy w pierwszej połowie XIX wieku in: Rocznik Historii Sztuki. Vol. 25, pp. 109-110

Source/Photographer

cyfrowe.mnw.art.pl

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