Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00002406Country Fair
Inscriptions
Signed and dated, recto, lower right, in black chalk: "VG 1633"; inscribed, verso, lower left, in graphite: "F wu"; "V. Goyen/361"
Provenance
Rudolph Weigel, Leipzig, by 1841 [Beck 1972]; J.A.G. Weigel (19th century), Leipzig; sold, Gutekunst, Stuttgart, May 15, 1883, lot 381 to Edward Habich (1818–1901), Kassel; sold, Gutekunst, Stuttgart, April 27, 1899, lot. 318, to Artaria. Fürst von Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein, until 1945. Leopold Ruzicka (1887–1976), Zürich, Switzerland [Beck 1972]. Bequeathed by Everett D. Graff (1885–1964), Winnetka, Ill. to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1965.
Publications
Hans-Ulrich Beck, Jan van Goyen, 1596-1656 (Amsterdam, 1972), 1:130, no. 374 (ill.).
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Jan van Goyen / Dutch, 1596-1656
- Date
- 1653
- Medium
- Black chalk, with brush and gray wash, on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- 11.6 × 20.4 cm (4 5/8 × 8 1/16 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- ink or chalk wash
- Place
- Netherlands
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- Bequest of Everett D. Graff
- Accession no.
- 1965.253
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