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Artist:
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Jan van Goyen
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Title:
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River Landscape with the Pellecussen Gate near Utrecht
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Date:
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1648
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Medium:
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Oil on panel
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Dimensions:
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25 1/4 x 37 in. (64.14 x 93.98 cm) (panel)
25 7/8 x 38 1/4 in. (65.72 x 97.16 cm) (sight)
36 1/16 x 48 1/2 x 3 1/4 in. (91.6 x 123.19 x 8.26 cm) (outer frame)
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Credit Line:
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Gift of Bruce B. Dayton
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Location:
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Gallery 311
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The tall tower with the distinctive silhouette is the Pellecussen Gate, a private castle that once stood along the River Vecht just outside the city of Utrecht. Van Goyen represented the structure at least twelve times between 1640 and 1655, always placing it in completely imaginary settings.
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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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van Goyen, Jan
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Nationality:
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Dutch
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Life Dates:
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Dutch, 1596 - 1656
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Signature and Date LL (on the boat): [Vgoyen 1648]
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Physical Description:
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seventeenth-century Dutch landscape
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Creation Place:
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Europe, Netherlands, , ,
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Accession #:
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83.84
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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