Jan van Goyen

Jan van Goyen
Portrait of Jan von Goyen by Gerard ter Borch
Born	Jan Josephszoon van Goyen (1596-01-13)13 January 1596 Leiden, Dutch Republic
Died	27 April 1656(1656-04-27) (aged 60) The Hague, Dutch Republic
Education	Esaias van de Velde
Known for	Landscape painting
Movement	Dutch Golden Age

Jan Josephszoon van Goyen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjɑɱ vɑŋ ˈɣoːi.ə(n)]; 13 January 1596 – 27 April 1656) was a Dutch landscape painter. The scope of his landscape subjects was very broad as he painted forest landscapes, marine paintings, river landscapes, beach scenes, winter landscapes, cityscapes, architectural views and landscapes with peasants.^[1] The list of painters he influenced is much longer. He was an extremely prolific artist who left approximately twelve hundred paintings and more than one thousand drawings.