The Pelkus Gate near Utrecht
Jan van Goyen
1646 · Oil on wood · European Paintings
About a dozen paintings by Van Goyen feature some form of the once familiar Pelkus gate (erected 1371), a freestanding tower on the tow-path of the river Vecht. The setting is always invented and the monument treated as a picturesque haven for birds.
- Artist
- Jan van Goyen
- Date
- 1646
- Medium
- Oil on wood
- Department
- European Paintings
- Credit line
- Gift of Francis Neilson, 1945
