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Facts

Also Known As Jan Goijen • Jan Josephszoon van Goyen
Born January 13, 1596 • Leiden • Netherlands
Died April 27, 1656 (aged 60) • The Hague • Netherlands

Photos

Goyen, Jan van: River Landscape with Fishermen
Goyen, Jan van
River View, painting by Jan van Goyen.
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Rembrandt: Self-Portrait
Rembrandt
Dutch artist
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Hercules Seghers
Dutch artist
Potter, Paulus: The “Piebald” Horse
Paulus Potter
Dutch painter
Velde, Esaias van de: Cottages and Frozen River
Esaias van de Velde
Dutch painter
Everdingen, Allaert van: Swedish Landscape with a Waterfall
Allaert van Everdingen
Dutch painter
Berchem, Nicolaes Pieterszoon: landscape with travelers
Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem
Dutch painter and etcher
Albrecht Dürer: Self-Portrait in Furred Coat
Albrecht Dürer
German artist
Claude Lorrain: Ulysses Returns Chryseis to Her Father
Claude Lorrain
French artist
Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch
Norwegian artist
James McNeill Whistler
James McNeill Whistler
American artist
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Georges Rouault
French artist
Canaletto: The Doges' Palace and Piazza San Marco, Venice
Canaletto
Italian artist
Nolde, Emil: Cows in the Lowland
Emil Nolde
German artist
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Jacques Villon
French painter
Palmer, Samuel: Eventide
Samuel Palmer
British painter
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Shiba Kōkan
Japanese painter
“Battle of Alexander at Issus,” detail of an oil painting on panel by Albrecht Altdorfer, 1529; in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Albrecht Altdorfer
German artist
Graham Sutherland.
Graham Sutherland
British artist
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Salvator Rosa
Italian painter
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Adam Elsheimer
German artist

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