Jan van Goyen (1596 - 1656)

After training with various teachers in landscape and glass painting, around 1617 Jan went to study in Haarlem with his last teacher, Esaias van de Velde (1587–1630), his senior by only nine years. Previously, in 1615/16, he had spent almost a year in France. From 1618 until 1632 he worked in Leiden, then moved to The Hague, where he was headman of the Guild of St. Luke from 1638 until 1640. Together with Pieter de Molijn (1595–1661) and Salomon van Ruysdael (1600–1670), he was an important representative of Haarlem “tonal” painting. Esteemed and prosperous as a landscape painter, van Goyen was plunged into debt through speculating in tulips, following the “tulip mania” of 1636/37.

Author: Oehring Erika

Literature: DUCKE Astrid, HABERSATTER Thomas, OEHRING Erika: Masterworks. Residenzgalerie Salzburg. Salzburg 2015, S. 42