Resting at a Tavern

This large panel is one of the new type of landscapes that Van Goyen created between 1628 and 1630. Unlike his early landscapes of around 1625 with their many anecdotal details and varying compositions, these later landscapes are characterized by a unifying diagonal composition and a tonal unity consisting of a limited range of colours - ochre, green, grey and brown. In the present panel the main motifs are grouped along a diagonal leading from the right foreground to the horizon on the left.