The Medieval Walls of Nijmegen

1643 (Baroque)

58.7 cm 41.3 cm

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Van Goyen traveled extensively to find scenic vistas for his landscapes. This one shows the remnants of the medieval castle and a section of the walls of the city Nijmegen, on the Waal River in the eastern Netherlands. Against this imposing historic backdrop, the artist introd...

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Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome, no. 659; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
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