This picture shows a medieval city under a low and gloomy sky, located on the river bank. It’s just a landscape, but somehow at the sight of the canvas there


This picture shows a medieval city under a low and gloomy sky, located on the river bank. It’s just a landscape, but somehow at the sight of the canvas there

Jan van Goyen entered the history of Dutch art as an outstanding landscape painter. In addition, he is known as the master of etching and draftsman. The artist was born

Researchers note a characteristic feature of the artist’s style, which attracts attention and the ordinary spectator – the horizon in the paintings of the painter is placed quite low, hence

“Landscape with a peasant hut” by the outstanding landscape painter Jan van Goyen – the earliest of his paintings in the Hermitage. The artist chooses a simple motif, depicting a