River Scene with Cottages, Peasants in Boats and Three Cows on a Promontory
Drawing
1651 (drawn)
1651 (drawn)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
River scene, with a village on the right and the spire of a church above tall trees, two boats in the foreground; Drawn in black chalk, slightly tinted with bistre and Indian ink; Signed and dated VG 1651.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | River Scene with Cottages, Peasants in Boats and Three Cows on a Promontory (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Black chalk, with grey and brown wash; framing line in brown ink. |
| Brief description | Drawing, 'River Scene with Cottages, Peasants in Boats and Three Cows on a Promontory', by Jan van Goyen, drawn in black chalk, slightly tinted with bistre and Indian ink; Signed and dated; Dutch School; 1651. |
| Physical description | River scene, with a village on the right and the spire of a church above tall trees, two boats in the foreground; Drawn in black chalk, slightly tinted with bistre and Indian ink; Signed and dated VG 1651. |
| Dimensions |
|
| Style | |
| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | Signed and dated at lower right, in black chalk, VG 1651; and inscribed above this, in brown ink (with the museum’s Dyce inv. no.), 411. Inscribed on old Dyce ruled and wash mount, in graphite: underneath floated drawing, at lower centre, 10; and at lower right, van Goyen; and below window opening, at lower right, by Dyce, van Goyen; and above this, in a nineteenth-century hand (with Dyce’s original inv. no.), 165. |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce |
| Object history | Provenance: Rev. Alexander Dyce (1798–1869), London, by whom bequeathed to the museum (L. Suppl. 153b), 1869. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Jane Shoaf Turner and Christopher White, Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2014, vol. I, Cat. 76, illus. p.124. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | DYCE.411 |
About this object record
Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a million images. It is a working database that includes information compiled over the life of the museum. Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly.
You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.
Suggest feedback
You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.
Suggest feedback
| Record created | June 8, 2009 |
| Record URL |
Download as: JSONIIIF Manifest
