Summer
Jan van Goyen·1650
Historical Context
Summer from 1650 by Jan van Goyen captures the warm season along the Dutch waterways, part of the seasonal landscape tradition. The summer subject allowed van Goyen to employ slightly warmer tones within his typically restrained palette, suggesting the gentle warmth of a Dutch summer day. Van Goyen developed his distinctive tonal monochrome palette in the 1630s, restricting himself to earthy browns, warm greys, and soft greens that gave his landscapes a unified atmospheric quality. His enormo...
Technical Analysis
The warmer atmospheric tones distinguish this summer scene, with van Goyen's fluid brushwork capturing the hazy quality of warm, humid air above the water surface.
