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Roadway Through a Village With Figures Conversing Near a Cottage Door

Drawing
17th century (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Goyen, Jan Van (artist)
Place of origin
Holland (drawn)

Roadway through a village with a group of four men near a cottage door on the left; Drawn in black chalk, slightly tinted.


Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
TitleRoadway Through a Village With Figures Conversing Near a Cottage Door (published title)
Materials and techniques
drawn in black chalk, slightly tinted
Paper
Black Chalk
Drawing
Hand-Colouring
Brief description
Drawing, 'Roadway Through a Village With Figures Conversing Near a Cottage Door', by Jan van Goyen, drawn in black chalk, slightly tinted; Dutch School; 17th century.
Physical description
Roadway through a village with a group of four men near a cottage door on the left; Drawn in black chalk, slightly tinted.
Dimensions
  • Height: 157 millimetres
  • Width: 271 millimetres
Style
Dutch School
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
Signed with a monogram at lower right, in black chalk, VG; and inscribed to the right of this, in brown ink (with museum's Dyce inv. no.), 414. Inscribed on old Dyce ruled and wash mount, at lower centre, in brown ink: J: van Goyen; and at lower right, in a nineteenth-century hand, in pencil (with Dyce's original inv. no.), 159.
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Subjects depicted
Village
Roadway
Men
Cottage
Bibliographic references
  • DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
  • Jane Shoaf Turner and Christopher White, Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2014, vol. I, Cat. 74, illus. p.123.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
DYCE.414

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Record createdJune 8, 2009
Record URL
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