Jan van Goyen

Dutch Artist · 1596–1656

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Jan van Goyen began his apprenticeship at age ten and studied with six different masters. Only one influenced him deeply--Esaias van de Velde, a pioneer of naturalism in Dutch landscape painting. Van Goyen traveled frequently around the Netherlands and visited France. He painted river views and seascapes as well as city views and winter scenes. In 1632 he moved to The Hague, where he remained for