View of The Hague from the Southeast
Jan van Goyen·1650
Historical Context
View of The Hague from the Southeast from 1650 provides a topographic panorama of the political capital of the Dutch Republic. Jan van Goyen lived and worked in The Hague for many years, and his views of the city combined topographic accuracy with his characteristic atmospheric treatment. Van Goyen's panoramic views exploit the extreme horizontality of the Dutch landscape, placing the horizon very low and devoting most of the canvas to sky. This compositional strategy, developed in the 1630s,...
Technical Analysis
The city's skyline is rendered with topographic precision in the distance, while the foreground terrain and atmospheric sky are treated with van Goyen's fluid, tonal technique.
