Riverview

Riverview depicts a wide river scene with a large sailing boat in the foreground, its dark triangular sail dominating the left-center of the composition. Across the water, a low village with a church spire and smoke plumes stretches along the horizon, while smaller boats and figures drift or row in the midground; a few cattle and reeds appear on the near bank. The painting uses a restrained palette of blues, grays, ochres, and pinks, with soft, blended sky and reflections on the water, characteristic of Jan van Goyen’s 17th-century Dutch landscape style and its atmosphere-focused tonal unity.