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View of Emmerich

View of Emmerich

1645
(Dutch, 1596–1656)
Netherlands
oil on wood
Framed: 105.5 x 136 x 9.5 cm (41 9/16 x 53 9/16 x 3 3/4 in.); Unframed: 65.4 x 96.7 cm (25 3/4 x 38 1/16 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1959.351
Location: 213 Dutch Painting

Description

Jan van Goyen’s deceptively simple paintings record remarkably realistic impressions of weather, space, and the shifting interactions of land, water, light, and air. He worked with swift, intuitive brushstrokes and a limited range of colors: gray, brown, cool blues, and earthy greens. The artist often went on sketching trips along the Rhine River, visiting cities such as Arnhem, or the German city of Emmerich, depicted here. In the foreground, a shallow boat ferries passengers and horse-drawn wagons across the river.
  • Robert, Earl Grosvenor (1820), later Marquess of Westminster, London;
    Duke of Westminster, London; (sale: Sotheby's, London, June 14, 1959, no. 7);
    [Leonard F. Koetser, London, 1959 Autumn Exhibition, no. 4), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1959.
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisition Press Release,” May 26, 1960, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
    “Annual Report for the Year 1959.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 47, no. 6 (June 1960): 111–158. Reproduced: Cover; Mentioned: p. 113 www.jstor.org
    Francis, Henry S. “View of Emmerich from across the Rhine.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 47, no. 9 (November 1960): 215–218. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 215-218, fig. 1 www.jstor.org
    Saisselin, R. G. “Art Is an Imitation of Nature.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 52, no. 2 (February 1965): 34–44. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 38-39, fig. 3 www.jstor.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 122 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 122 archive.org
    Stechow, Wolfgang. “A River Landscape by Salomon van Ruysdael.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 60, no. 7 (September 1973): 222–230. Mentioned: p. 223, fig. 4; reproduced: p. 225, fig. 4 www.jstor.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 156 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982. Mentioned: p. 236; Reproduced: p. 237
    Talbot, William S. “Visions of Landscape: East and West.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 70, no. 3 (March 1983): 112–135. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 128, fig. 27 www.jstor.org
  • Visions of Landscape: East and West. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982).
    CMA, February 17-March 21, 1982: "Visions of Landscape:East and West", (no catalogue).
    Dutch Art and Life in the Seventeenth Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 10-September 2, 1973).
    CMA, 1973: "Dutch Art and Life in the 17th Century," (no catalogue).
    London, British Institution, 1841, cat. no. 211 (called Nimiguen.)
    London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1871, cat. no. 20.
    London, Royal Academy, 1871, cat no. 251.
  • {{cite web|title=View of Emmerich|url=false|author=Jan van Goyen|year=1645|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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