Horseman among the Dunes

c. 1627/1629

Jan van Goyen

Associated Names
Jan van Goyen

Artist, Dutch, 1596 - 1656

The image is a pencil sketch of a landscape from an elevated angle. The horizon is high with a small spire in the distance. Delicate pencil strokes depict natural textures of trees, shrubs, and a horse rider. The sketch is in a monochromatic grey scale on off-white paper.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    Overall (approximate): 11.5 x 22.3 cm (4 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.)
    support: 18.7 x 28 cm (7 3/8 x 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1978.101.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Beck 1987, no. 844, State A/27

  • Series Title

    General George Catchmade Morgan Album (Beck 1987, 844A)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

General George Catchmade Morgan; by inheritance to his daughter, Sophia Pollard, Hertford; (P.&D. Conaghi, London); purchased by NGA, 1978.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1987

  • Beck, Hans-Ulrich. Jan van Goyen, 1596-1656: ein Oeuvreverzeichnis. 4 vols. Vol. 3: Ergänzungen zum Katalog der Handzeichnungen und Ergänzungen zum Katalog der Gemälde. Doornspijk, 1987.

Inscriptions

in later hand, on mount, upper left: d; upper right: P / 8646/n; lower right: res R / 26; lower left verso: H294

Wikidata ID

Q64580775

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