An Evening River Landscape with a Ferry
An Evening River Landscape with a Ferry (other title: River Landscape) is a 1643 painting by the Dutch painter Jan van Goyen. The painting was bought in 1890 in Paris by Wilhelm von Bode. It is now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts of Strasbourg, France. Its inventory number is 221.[1][2]
| An Evening River Landscape with a Ferry | |
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| French: Paysage fluvial, English: River Landscape | |
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| Artist | Jan van Goyen |
| Completion date | 1643 |
| Catalogue | 1068 |
| Medium | oil painting on panel (oak) |
| Movement | Dutch Golden Age painting Landscape painting |
| Subject | Moonrise over a river with a ferry and other boats |
| Dimensions | 41 cm × 61 cm (16 in × 24 in)[1] |
| Location | Musée des Beaux-Arts, Strasbourg |
| Accession | 1890 |
Not without pride, the 2009 catalogue of the Flemish and Dutch paintings of the Musée des Beaux-Arts calls Van Goyen's painting "indisputably one of the most beautiful landscape paintings of the Dutch school" (sans conteste l′un des plus beaux paysages de la peinture hollandaise).[1]
References
- Mandrella, David (February 2009). Collection du musée des Beaux-Arts – Peinture flamande et hollandaise XVème-XVIIIème siècle. Strasbourg: Musées de la ville de Strasbourg. p. 206. ISBN 978-2-35125-030-3.
- "Paysage fluvial". Base Joconde. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
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