Dune Landscape
by GOYEN, Jan van, Oil on panel, 40 x 63 cm
In a dune landscape a goatherd tends his flock. A man hangs over the fence, looking at the goats. Further back four men converse and on the right at the top of the dune, there are three people and a dog.
This painting demonstrates that Van Goyen preferred simplicity: simplicity of subject, palette and composition.