Houses by a Road

c.1627-1629

Jan van Goyen

Associated Names
Jan van Goyen

Artist, Dutch, 1596 - 1656

The sketch depicts a cluster of buildings with a prominent house closest to the viewer. The main house has a steep roof and small windows, drawn with soft pencil strokes. A structure is visible in the distance, suggesting a low perspective with a horizontal landscape. The color palette is monochromatic, using shades of pencil gray on off-white paper. The style features loose, fluid lines with minimal detail, hinting at surrounding trees and land.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    Overall (approximate): 11.2 x 22.3 cm (4 7/16 x 8 3/4 in.)
    support: 18.7 x 27.7 cm (7 3/8 x 10 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1978.101.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Beck 1987, no. 844, State A/33

  • 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: 8; upper right: P / 8677/D; lower right: Res R / 24; lower right verso: H300 43

Wikidata ID

Q64580777

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