Heyden, Jan van der

Description:

Gorinchem 1637 - Amsterdam 1712
21,5 x 22 cm
View of a large town square. Oil/canvas/panel. The steeple on the right side shows similarities to Willibrordi Cathedral, Wesel.
Dutch private collection. Lit.: Published in: Hofstede de Groot, 1907-1927 (English edition) no. 179a (?); Helga Wagner, Jan van der Heyden 1637-1712, Amsterdam-Haarlem 1971, catalogue raisonné p. 90, no. 106 with ill. on p. 151. The painting is further registered in the RKD, The Hague, under no. 64918, there the staffage figures attributed to Adriaen van de Velde (1636-1672).