Distant Town Seen across Water and Fields
This river scene recalls the style of Jan van Goyen’s drawings of the 1630s. Yet the drawing seems too schematic for van Goyen. While it has also been given to Anthonie Waterloo -- based on his drawings imitating van Goyen’s work of the 1630s -- the attribution is too tenuous to draw a definitive conclusion.
Artwork Details
- Title: Distant Town Seen across Water and Fields
- Artist: Style of Jan van Goyen (Dutch, Leiden 1596–1656 The Hague)
- Date: 1652
- Medium: Black chalk with gray wash
- Dimensions: 5 1/4 x 8 3/8 in. (13.4 x 21.2 cm)
- Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
- Object Number: 1975.1.777
- Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection
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