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| The Pelkus Gate near Utrecht |
Artist:Jan van Goyen (Dutch, Leiden 1596–1656 The Hague)
Date:1646
Medium:Oil on wood
Dimensions:14 1/2 x 22 1/2 in. (36.8 x 57.2 cm)
Frame, 23 1/4 x 31 x 2 3/4 in. (59.1 x 78.7 x 7 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Gift of Francis Neilson, 1945
About a dozen paintings by Van Goyen feature some form of the once familiar Pelkus gate (erected 1371), a freestanding tower on the tow-path of the river Vecht. The setting is always invented and the monument treated as a picturesque haven for birds.
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