- 23
Jan Josefsz. van Goyen Leiden 1596 - 1656 The Hague
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
Log in to view results
bidding is closed
Description
- A view of Leiden from the north, with cattle grazing in the foreground
- signed lower center on the rowing boat VG 1649 (strengthened )
- oil on panel
Provenance
With Dowdeswell, London;
With Steinmeyer & Söhne, Paris, 1911;
J Böhler, Munich, 1916;
Frau A. Schoeller collection, Berlin;
With Van Diemen and Co., Berlin, 1928/30;
Dr. W. Heilgendorff, Berlin;
Jacob Hartog, Scheveningen;
M.H.H. Franssen , The Hague, from May 6, 1942 as Nazi appointed trustee for Jacob Hartog;
Führermuseum, Linz, acquired from the above for NGL 30,000 August 18, 1942 (number 2450);
Allied Collecting point, Munich, 1946 (number 2593);
Stichting Nederlandsch Kunstbezit July 8, 1946;
Restituted to the family of the current owner.
With Steinmeyer & Söhne, Paris, 1911;
J Böhler, Munich, 1916;
Frau A. Schoeller collection, Berlin;
With Van Diemen and Co., Berlin, 1928/30;
Dr. W. Heilgendorff, Berlin;
Jacob Hartog, Scheveningen;
M.H.H. Franssen , The Hague, from May 6, 1942 as Nazi appointed trustee for Jacob Hartog;
Führermuseum, Linz, acquired from the above for NGL 30,000 August 18, 1942 (number 2450);
Allied Collecting point, Munich, 1946 (number 2593);
Stichting Nederlandsch Kunstbezit July 8, 1946;
Restituted to the family of the current owner.
Literature
C. Hofstede de Groot, A catalogue raisonné..., vol. VIII, London 1927, p. 41, no. 120 and p. 48, no. 151;
A. Dobrzycka, Jan van Goyen, Poznan 1966, no. 199;
H.-U. Beck, Jan van Goyen, vol. II, Amsterdam 1973, p. 165, cat. no. 335;
Birgit Schwarz, Hitler's Museum, Vienna 2004, p. 146.
Catalogue Note
The present work is a rare view of Leiden taken from the north; Van Goyen usually painted the city from the north-east or, with regard to the present painting, further to the left; see, for example, cat. nos. 334, 336, 338 and 339 of H.-U. Beck, under Literature, pp. 164-167. The church at the left is Hoogelandsche Kerk and, moving right, the tower of the Town Hall, the dome of the Marekerk, and the St. Pieterskerk. Dr. Beck believes the painting to be both Hofstede de Groot nos. 120 and 151 and the provenance below reflects this.