Collection: Jan van Goyen

Jan Josephszoon van Goyen (13 January 1596 – 27 April 1656) was a Dutch landscape painter. The scope of his landscape subjects was very broad as he painted forest landscapes, marine paintings, river landscapes, beach scenes, winter landscapes, cityscapes, architectural views and landscapes with peasants. The list of painters he influenced is much longer. He was an extremely prolific artist who left approximately twelve hundred paintings and more than one thousand drawings.

He trained under Esaias van de Velde. Among his most cited paintings: Riverview, Estuary with Sailing Boats, and Seascape with Duiventil and Hooiberg. His principal genres were landscape painting. His practice is associated with Dutch Golden Age painting.

His oeuvre falls under Baroque, in the Dutch Golden Age current.