Jan Josefsz. van Goyen

Overall condition very good and fresh. Window mounted. A little very light foxing throughout, but otherwise very fresh. Sold in an antique carved and gilded frame.
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Une autre version de ce dessin, elle aussi sans signature, est conservée au Musée National de Copenhague (H.-U. Beck, Jan van Goyen 1596-1656, vol. III, Doornspijk 1987, pp.114-115, n°813a). Toutefois, Beck exprime des doutes quant à savoir si le dessin de Copenhague est une œuvre autographe de van Goyen et il semble en effet possible que notre dessin soit l’original dont il est tiré.

Another version of the drawing, also unsigned, is in the Statens Museum of Kunst, Copenhagen (H.-U. Beck, Jan van Goyen1596-1656, vol. III, Doornspijk 1987, pp.114-15, n°.813a). Beck, however, expresses some doubts as to wether the Copenhagen drawing in an autograph work by van Goyen, and it seems possible that the present drawing is the original from which the other is copied.