Cottages by a River

c. 1627/1629

Jan van Goyen

Artist, Dutch, 1596 - 1656

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk with touches of graphite on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth B. Benedict

  • Dimensions

    overall: 11.4 x 22.2 cm (4 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1994.60.27

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Beck 1987, no. 844, State A/20

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

General George Catchmade Morgan; by inheritance to his daughter, Sophia Pollard, Hertford; Dr. Ruth B. Benedict (1913-1993), Washington; bequest to NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1994

  • A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, no. 22.

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.

1994

  • A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: no. 22.

Inscriptions

all inscriptions in graphite by later hands on backing: upper right: [b?] [P?] / 7810/G; lower right: 39 Res R / H287

Wikidata ID

Q64580784

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