Citation
"View of Rhenen (Jan van Goyen) , 2016.240,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Oct 15, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/356428.
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A cloudy but bright sky inhabits two-thirds of the painting. There are windmills on the horizon to the far right of the city and tower. Light filters through the clouds to create a sweep of light that illuminates the rolling chartreuse hills on the lower right foreground. It’s balanced by the glowing water surface on the left, flat and reflective of the sky. A horse and carriage ride down the road from the right. A gathering of three people, two sitting and one standing is situated on the lower left of a darkened hill, overlooking the water.