Village Fair, 1656

Not on View

Medium

black chalk with gray wash on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 17.4 x 27.4 cm (6 7/8 x 10 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Beck 1972, no. 568

Accession Number

1978.19.3

Artists / Makers

Jan van Goyen (artist) Dutch, 1596 - 1656

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right: VG 1656; in later hand, lower left verso: [f?]dG [?].2

Provenance

Jan Pieter van Suchtelen (1751-1836), St. Petersburg (Lugt 2332); (H.E. ten Cate in Almelo, by 1955); (C.G. Boerner, Dusseldorf, by 1964); (sale, Bern, 16 June 1965, no. 43); (Bernard Houthakker, Amsterdam, by 1966); (Alfred Brod, London, by 1969); (sale, London, Sotheby's, 13 July 1972, no. 6); Robert H. Smith, Bethesda; purchased by NGA, 1978.

Associated Names

Boerner LLC, C.G.
Brod Gallery
Houthakker, Bernard, Mr.
Smith, Robert H.
Suchtelen, Jan Pieter van

Exhibition History

1955: H.E. ten Cate in Almelo, 1955, no. 229.

1964: C.G. Boerner, Dusseldorf, Dec. 1964, no. 55

1966: B. Houthakker, Amsterdam, Fall 1966, no. 23.

1969: A. Brod, London, Fall 1969, no. 26.

Bibliography

1972: Beck, Hans-Ulrich. Jan van Goyen 1596-1656, ein Oeuvreverzeichnis. 4 vols. Vol. 1: Einführung, Katalog der Handzeichnungen. Amsterdam, 1972.