Jan van Goyen
Dutch, 1596-1656
A Romanesque Ruin
INV-2016
Jan van Goyen
Dutch, 1596-16561650–51
A Romanesque Ruin
Jan van Goyen Dutch, 1596-1656 →chalkdrawings (visual works)
Date
1650–51
Medium
Black chalk, with brush and gray wash, on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
9.8 × 15.8 cm (3 7/8 × 6 1/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Worcester Sketch Fund Income
Five drawings (1961.378-1961.382) were once bound in a small sketchbook of approximately 200 pages. Because it was light and portable, Jan van Goyen could tuck it into his pocket while walking in search of inspiration. Sketchbooks allowed the artist to quickly delineate sand dunes and architectural structures in the vicinity of his residence in The Hague and farther afield. These landscape sketches in black chalk and ink wash relate—directly and indirectly—to compositions the artist later realized in oil paintings.
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