View of Dordrecht Goyen, Jan Josephszoon van Landscapes Cityscapes Churches Van Goyen (1596-1656), a Dutch landscape painter, is Classified primarily as a landscape artist with an eye for the genre subjects of everyday life. He frequently painted the distinctive view of the Dutch town of Dordrecht. The bold bulk of its main church, the Groote Kerk, with its unfinished spire, dominates the view across junction of the busy river Maas. He painted it over twenty times from varying distances and in different weather conditions. Despite being one of Holland's most prolific landscape artists van Goyen died in debt, having lost a lot of money speculating on the price of tulips in 1637. Davis Publications, Worchester, Massachusetts 1644-1645 CE Painting Digital image Tiff; JPEG2000 Oil on wooden panel Los Angeles County Museum of Art 17th century; Dutch; Baroque Dordrecht, Netherlands Davis Publications, Worchester, Massachusetts
View of Dordrecht
Goyen, Jan Josephszoon van
Landscapes
Cityscapes
Churches
Van Goyen (1596-1656), a Dutch landscape painter, is Classified primarily as a landscape artist with an eye for the genre subjects of everyday life. He frequently painted the distinctive view of the Dutch town of Dordrecht. The bold bulk of its main church, the Groote Kerk, with its unfinished spire, dominates the view across junction of the busy river Maas. He painted it over twenty times from varying distances and in different weather conditions. Despite being one of Holland's most prolific landscape artists van Goyen died in debt, having lost a lot of money speculating on the price of tulips in 1637.
Davis Publications, Worchester, Massachusetts
1644-1645 CE
Painting
Digital image
Tiff; JPEG2000
Oil on wooden panel
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
17th century; Dutch; Baroque
Dordrecht, Netherlands
Davis Publications, Worchester, Massachusetts