View of the Thames with the Old Palace of Placentia at Greenwich
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1600 - 1629
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
655 mm (H)800 mm (W)555 mm (H)700 mm (W)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1257189
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, View of the Thames with the Old Palace of Placentia at Greenwich, British (English) School, early 17th century. An apparently unique, early view of the royal palace at Greenwich. It, and its companion, NT 1257190 (KLA.P.149) may be copies of lost paintings by Cornelis Bol (active 1607-66), a topographical painter who was recorded in London 1635.
Provenance
First recorded in 1731; bequeathed by Ralph Bankes, 1981.
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist after Cornelis Bol (b. c.1589), artist