# View of Leiden [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GOYEN, Jan van]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on wood, 39,8 x 59,9 cm ## Commentary In the oeuvre of van Goyen a good number of city views occur, and they are set into the wide context of the Dutch countryside, like this beautiful view of Leiden. In this 'capriccio' \(the artist placed Leiden's famous St Pancras Church alongside an imaginary wide, winding river\) we see how the horizontal begins to dominate over the diagonals at this time. The subdued colouristic touches of yellows, greens, and browns become more luminous, and the sky brightens up. ## Related artworks - [A Beach with Fishing Boats \(detail\)]() - [A Beach with Fishing Boats]() - [A View on the Maas near Dordrecht]() - [An Estuary Scene]() - [Beach at Scheveningen]() - [Castle by a River]() - [Country House near the Water]() - [Dune Landscape]() - [Dunes]() - [Estuary Landscape]() - [Farmyard with Haystack]() - [Haarlemmer Meer]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()