Old Castle Gate in Nijmegen (Q21679938)

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genre: cityscape (Q1935974)
artist: Jan van Goyen (Q315996)
collection: Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) (Q2365880)
location: Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) (Q2365880)
material used: oil paint (Q296955) panel (Q106857709)
depicts: house (Q3947)
instance of: painting (Q3305213)
MSK Gent work PID: 1965-C
BALaT object ID: 103671

catalog URL: http://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1965-C

information from the Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) catalog

description: Van Goyen adopted a more sober colour palette from around 1627, mainly working in brown, yellow, ochre and green. In this painting, he followed his favourite scheme: an overcast sky, (ruined) buildings in the foreground, a river with fishermen and vessels, and a low horizon punctuated by theā€¦

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