Sketchbook of Jan van Goyen

Sketchbook of Jan van Goyen – Bredius Genootschap – Bredius-Kronig Collection (The Hague, Netherlands)

Netherlands — 1644 onwards

A wonderful insight into the artistry and working methods of one of the most gifted landscape painters of the Golden Age: one of only two surviving travel sketchbooks of Jan van Goyen

  1. Jan van Goyen (1596–1656) is considered one of the leading representatives of 17th-century Dutch landscape painting

  2. In preparation for his landscape paintings, he produced countless sketches of landscapes, views, and individual motifs

  3. The so-called Bredius-Kronig Sketchbook is one of only two surviving sketchbooks of the artist

Sketchbook of Jan van Goyen

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Sketchbook of Jan van Goyen

Jan van Goyen (1596–1656) is considered one of the leading representatives of Dutch landscape painting during the so-called Golden Age. With his innovative, reduced color palette, he had a particular influence on tonal landscape painting, which still captivates viewers today with its restrained aesthetic. The basis for his more than 1,000 dreamy oil paintings were countless quick sketches, which he preferred to make with black chalk during his frequent travels and wanderings through the Netherlands, Germany, and France. For this purpose, he kept several pocket-size sketchbooks, only two of which have survived. He used the so-called Bredius-Kronig Sketchbook, which is now kept in the Bredius Museum in The Hague, from May 15, 1644. In it, he made chalk drawings of grass and dune landscapes, picturesque villages on rivers, individual buildings, and maritime scenes that caught his eye on his travels through North and South Holland. Some of the sketches were subsequently artfully washed with brown-red ink. A fascinating insight into the artistry and working methods of this gifted landscape painter!

Codicology

Alternative Titles
Musterbuch des Jan van Goyen
Bredius-Kronig sketchbook
Bredius-Kronig Skizzenbuch
Size / Format
218 pages / 10.0 × 15.0 cm
Date
1644 onwards
Style
Language
Illustrations
Numerous sketches
Artist / School
Previous Owners
J.O. Kronig

Available facsimile editions:
Armamentarium Chirurgicum (Standard Edition)
Editions Medicina Rara – Stuttgart, 1972
Limited Edition: 2500 copies
Facsimile Editions

#1 The Sketchbook of Jan van Goyen from the Bredius-Kronig Collection

Bredius Genootschap – The Hague, 1993

Publisher: Bredius Genootschap – The Hague, 1993
Binding: Both the facsimile and commentary volume come in a red linen slipcase
Commentary: 1 volume by Edwin Buijsen
Language: English

#2 Armamentarium Chirurgicum (Standard Edition)

Editions Medicina Rara – Stuttgart, 1972

Publisher: Editions Medicina Rara – Stuttgart, 1972
Limited Edition: 2500 copies
Binding: Half-leather binding
Commentary: 1 volume
Language: German
1 volume: Exact reproduction of the original document (extent, color and size) Reproduction of the entire original document as detailed as possible (scope, format, colors). The binding may not correspond to the original or current document binding.
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