View of an Imaginary Town across a River, with the Tower of Saint Pol in Vianen, Jan van Goyen, 1649

Identification

Title(s)

View of an Imaginary Town across a River, with the Tower of Saint Pol in Vianen

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-4879

Inscriptions / marks

signature and date, lower left: ‘VG 1649’

Description

Panoramisch rivierlandschap. Op de nabije oever enkele herders met hun vee; op de tegenoverliggende oever de stad Vianen. Op de rivier meerdere vaartuigen waaronder enkele roeiboten met vissers en een ponteveer met een aantal passagiers en een rijtuig er op. Op de voorgrond herders met vee.

Creation

Artist

painter: Jan van Goyen (signed by artist)

Dating

1649

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

Measurements

support: height 64.5 cm × width 96.7 cm
outer size: depth 4 cm (support incl. frame)

Subject

What

prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city - II - ideal city

Where

Vianen

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Gift of S. van Embden Bonnist, Mamaroneck

Acquisition

gift 1991

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

...; sale, Paul Mersch, Paris (Hôtel Drouot), 8 May 1908, no. 34, fr. 4,000;{Copy RKD.}...; sale, Baron F.A.S.A. van Ittersum et al., Amsterdam (F. Muller et al.), 14 May 1912, no. 118, fl. 6,700;{Copy RKD.}...; sale, A. de Labrouchede de Laborderie (Paris) et al., Amsterdam (F. Muller et al.), 23 May 1922, no. 37, bought in for fl. 4,500;{Beck II, 1973, p. 200.}...; anonymous sale, Amsterdam (F. Muller et al.), 11 December 1923, no. 476, fl. 3,200;{Beck II, 1973, p. 200.}...; dealer Knoedler (London), prior to 1948;{Note RMA.}...; purchased by Mr M. van Embden;{Letter RMA, 7 June 1994.} donated to the museum by his daughter, Mrs Serine Bonnist, née Van Embden, Mamaroneck, New York, 1991

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

Artists born between 1570 and 1600, p. 162, 163
All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue : first supplement: 1976-91, p. 140
Jan van Goyen 1596-1656 : ein Oeuvreverzeichnis, Hans-Ulrich Beck, Wolfgang Stechow
Van giften, hun juridisch-fiscale vormgeving en van beloning voor vrijgevigheid, J.M. Bol
Keuze uit recente schenkingen en legaten, p. 290-291, afb. 2
Beck, II en III, nr. 412
Hofstede de Groot (1923) Band 8, nr. 972
Documentatiemap Schilderijen: Dendrochronologisch onderzoek van Prof. Dr. P. Klein.

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