Jan Jozefsz. van Goyen, 1596 Leiden – 1656 Den... Lot n° 203

DUNE LANDSCAPE WITH CATTLE IN FRONT OF WATERS WITH SAILING SHIPS Oil on wood. Parquetry. 26.8 x 34.3 cm. Monogrammed and dated "VG 1641" on boat lower right. Framed behind glass. In the foreground a shallow body of water with a small boat, behind it a spit of land with an old gate and a herd of cows and cattle with a few figures. Behind them, the view falls on the calm, shallow sea with several sailing boats under a high, cloudy horizon, in which a few flying birds can be seen. The painter is known for his tonal landscape painting, which is also particularly evident here, as we also find in Pieter de Molijn (1595-1661) or Salomon van Ruysdael (around 1602-1670). The painting is created entirely in differentiated shades of brown, with only a little blue shining through even in the billowing cloudy sky. The present painting can rightly be acknowledged as a high-quality example of his work. Provenance: Charles Sedelmeyer, Paris and Vienna, 1873, no. 73. Auction P. Lippman, Berlin, November 26, 1912, lot 30 (2500 Marks). Bonhams London, December 7, 2005, lot 96, where it was acquired by the present owner. Literature: Hans-Ulrich Beck, Jan van Goyen, 1596-1656, Amsterdam 1973, vol. II, p. 253, no. 545 with illus. Cornelis Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonne of the works of the most eminent Dutch painters of the seventeenth century, Cambridge 1927, p. 193, no. 763 (1402041) (18) Jan Jozefsz. van Goyen, 1596 Leiden - 1656 The Hague DUNE LANDSCAPE WITH CATTLE IN FRONT OF SAILING BOATS Oil on panel. Parquetted. 26.8 x 34.3 cm. Monogrammed and dated "VG 1641" on boat lower right. Provenance: Charles Sedelmeyer, Paris and Vienna, 1873, no. 73. Auction P. Lippman, Berlin, November 26, 1912, lot 30 (2500 marks). Bonhams London, 7 December 2005, lot 96, where it was acquired by the present owner. Literature: Hans-Ulrich Beck, Jan van Goyen, 1596-1656, Amsterdam 1973, vol. II, p. 253, no. 545 with ill. Cornelis Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch painters of the seventeenth century, Cambridge 1927, p. 193, no. 763.