Jan van Goyen
(1596–1656) Dutch landscape painter (1596-1656)
Jan van Goyen (1596–1656) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a printmaker. By year of birth, Jan van Goyen belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.
Jan van Goyen was born in Leiden and died in The Hague. Jan van Goyen studied under Esaias van de Velde. Jan van Goyen worked in Leiden, Hoorn, Leiden, and France. Wikidata associates Jan van Goyen with Dutch Golden Age painting. Jan van Goyen became a member of Haarlem Guild of St. Luke. The students included Adriaen van der Cabel, Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, and Jan Steen.
The best-known works include ‘Estuary with Sailing Boats’, ‘Riverview’, and ‘Seascape with Duiventil and Hooiberg’. The works belong mainly to the genre landscape painting. The catalogue has 250 works by Jan van Goyen with free images. The dated works span the years 1615–1756. Works by Jan van Goyen are held by several collections, among them Rijksmuseum, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, National Gallery, and Metropolitan Museum of Art. Wikidata links 25 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘The Baroque’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Jacques de, III Gheyn, Cesare Dandini, Jacques Stella, Jacob van Campen, and Jacob van Es.