HEYDEN, Jan van der
(b. 1637, Gorinchem, d. 1712, Amsterdam)

A Palatial Garden

c. 1670
Oil on oak panel, 38 x 44 cm
Private collection

The painting, which is an architectural capriccio, shows a palatial garden, with figures emerging from a palace to the right, an arcade beyond and a balustrade to the left, the roof of the Huis ten Bosch visible in the distance.