The Pelkus Gate near Utrecht, 1646, Oil on wood, 14 1/2 x 22 1/2 in. (36.8 x 57.2 cm), Paintings, Jan van Goyen (Dutch, Leiden 1596–1656 The Hague), About a dozen paintings by Van Goyen feature some form of the once familiar Pelkus gate (erected 1371), a freestanding tower on the tow-path of the river Vecht. The setting is always invented and the monument treated as a picturesque haven for birds
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Pelkus Gate, Utrecht, 1646, Oil, wood, 14 1/2 x 22 1/2, 36.8 57.2 cm, Paintings, Jan van Goyen, Dutch, Leiden, 1596–1656, The Hague, dozen paintings, Van Goyen feature, form, familiar Pelkus, gate, erected 1371, freestanding tower, tow-path, river Vecht, setting, invented, monument treated, picturesque haven, birds
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