Jan Josefsz van Goyen (Dutch, 1596-1656) Scene with fishing boats and warships in estuary, 1655 Oil on panel 10-3/4 x 12-3/4 inches (27.3 x 32.4 cm) Signed with artist's monogram and dated on largest ship: VG 1655 Property from a Private Collection, Naples, Florida PROVENANCE: Sale, F. J. O. Boymans, Utrecht, August 31, 1811, lot B. 33; The Honorable Mrs. John Ashley (née Julia Conyers), London; Estate of the above, Christie's, London, May 31, 1907, lot 36; Dowdeswell and Dowdeswell's Gallery, London, acquired from the above; Hoogendijk collection, The Hague; Sale, C. Hoogendijk, and others, Amsterdam, April 28, 1908, lot 43; F. Kleinberger Galleries, Paris; Collection A. de Ridder, Kronberg, acquired from the above, 1910; His sale: Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, June, 2, 1924, lot 22 (as Mer calme); M. Knoedler & Co., London and New York, acquired from the above; Sotheby's, New York, June 3, 1988, lot 49; Acquired from the above. EXHIBITED: Kleinberger Galleries, New York, 1913, no. 47. LITERATURE: W. von Bode, La galerie des tableaux du feu M. A. de Ridder, dans sa villa de Schönberg près de Cronberg (Taunus), J. Bard, ed., M. Partin trans., Berlin, 1913, p. 13, pl. 47; C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. VIII, London, 1927, no. 1026. H. Volhard, Die Grundtypen der Landschaftsbilder Jan van Goyens und Ihre Entwicklung (dissertation), Halle, 1927, pp. 164, 188. H.-U. Beck, Jan van Goyen 1596-1656, Amsterdam, 1973, vol. II, pp. 397-98, no. 884, illustrated. In 1913, Wilhelm von Bode wrote admiringly of this masterful seascape by Jan van Goyen painting when it was in the noted collection of August de Ridder: "The composition is fresh and free, without any search for effect; the execution is broad and spirited. The local tones blend almost completely into a general gray tonality, which renders, in an almost modern and impressionistic manner, the luminous and vaporous atmosphere of the North Sea on the coasts of Holland. All these qualities make this painting a masterpiece from the artist's late period" (as translated from the French, Bode, p. 13). HID12401132022 © 2026 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved www.HA.com/TexasAuctioneerLicenseNotice

Kleinberger Galleries, New York, 1913, no. 47.

Sale, F. J. O. Boymans, Utrecht, August 31, 1811, lot B. 33; The Honorable Mrs. John Ashley (née Julia Conyers), London; Estate of the above, Christie's, London, May 31, 1907, lot 36; Dowdeswell and Dowdeswell's Gallery, London, acquired from the above; Hoogendijk collection, The Hague; Sale, C. Hoogendijk, and others, Amsterdam, April 28, 1908, lot 43; F. Kleinberger Galleries, Paris; Collection A. de Ridder, Kronberg, acquired from the above, 1910; His sale: Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, June, 2, 1924, lot 22 (as Mer calme); M. Knoedler & Co., London and New York, acquired from the above; Sotheby's, New York, June 3, 1988, lot 49; Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Panel is stable. Yellowing along extreme edges.
Under UV: varnish fluoresces green. Scattered inpainting, primarily along left and right edges of sky.
Framed Dimensions 16.75 X 18.75 Inches