J. M. W. TURNER (1775-1851) ANTWERP: VAN GOYEN LOOKING FOR A SUBJECT Canvas, 481/4 inches by 36 inches THE white towers of the town and the famous catherdal are seen to the right, with shipping and several men-of-war in the middle distance. A companion picture, entitled "Helveetsluys," is in the Ross collection in Montreal. Jan van Goyen was a landscape painter, born in Leyden in 1596- His compositions generally represent rivers with boats and fishing barks, or peasants returning on the water from market, and in the background villages or small towns. Turner may have intended to honor van Goyen by joining his name to this picture, as he honored Ruisdael by calling after him three of his fishing scenes and by representing Canaletto in the foreground of his great Venetian picture, "The Bridge of Sighs." The picture was purchased from the artist by E. Bicknell, of London, and remained in his gallery until 1863, when it passed into the collection of J. Graham, of Glasgow, later into that of Guthrie, of London. It is mentioned in both Armstrong's and Wyllie's works on Turner, and illustrated in the book of the former opposite page 108. It was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1833, at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts in 1910, and at the Old Master Exhibition (Knoedler), New York 1912. 99 LN