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Jan van Goyen

Untitled (Landscape with Gallows), page 26 from a sketchbook

Description

Maker

Jan van Goyen (Dutch, 1596-1656)

Title

Untitled (Landscape with Gallows), page 26 from a sketchbook

Year

1627

Medium

  • Black chalk and watercolor on laid paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Black chalk and watercolor on laid paper

Materials

watercolor, chalk, graphite

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

16.7 x 26.5 cm (6 9/16 x 10 7/16 inches) (image)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

in pencil on recto of image: LLC, "V. Goyen 1627"; LRC, "26". In ink under image: LLC, "van Goyen 1624."

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Drs. Arnold-Peter C. and Yvonne S. Weiss

Object Number

2000.119

Type

  • Drawings and Watercolors

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Design and Description
Renaissance and Baroque Drawings
Jan 27, 2006 – Apr 09, 2006

Label copy

Van Goyen was the student of Esaias van de Velde, whose winter landscape study hangs at left. This page comes from a sketchbook by Van Goyen, now dispersed, consisting of landscape views in the vicinity of Leiden. The quiet setting includes surprisingly grim subject matter: the gallows. Particularly after the period of unrest due to the Protestant Reformation and the Netherlandish revolt against Spain, public displays of punishment were a part of everyday life. This depiction is devoid of the psychological intensity of Ribera’s scene of torture at left, yet perhaps just as horrifying because of its seemingly permanent placement within the landscape.

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This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

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Jan van Goyen (Dutch, 1596-1656)
Untitled (Landscape with Gallows), page 26 from a sketchbook, 1627
Black chalk and watercolor on laid paper
16.7 x 26.5 cm (6 9/16 x 10 7/16 inches) (image)
Gift of Drs. Arnold-Peter C. and Yvonne S. Weiss 2000.119

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