A Man and Woman at Table
style of Hendrik van Steenwyck the elder (Steenwyck, Holland 1550 – Frankfurt 1603) or Hendrik van Steenwyck the younger (Antwerp c.1580 - Leyden 1649)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1600 - 1699
Materials
Oil on copper
Measurements
135 x 230 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290301.1
Summary
Oil painting on copper, A Man and Woman at Table, style of Hendrik van Steenwyck the elder (Steenyck, Holland 1550 – Frankfurt 1603) or Hendrik van Steenwyck the younger (Antwerp c.1580 - Leyden 1649). A man and woman at a wooden rustic table. Beyond is a night scene with fiqures standing in moonlight on castle walls and a castle in the distance. In the foreground is a man who holds up a wine glass at the table with candle illuminating details of this area. One of a pair of Dutch style genre scenes.
Provenance
Acquired with Calke Abbey's contents, with the aid of a grant provided by the National Heritage Memorial Fund, thanks to a special allocation of money from the Government and transferred in lieu of tax on the estate of Charles Jenney Harpur-Crewe (1917 - 1981) to the National Trust with the house that was given by Henry Jenney Harpur-Crewe (1921- 1991), in 1984
Credit line
Calke Abbey, The Harpur Crewe Collection (acquired by the National Trust with the help of the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund in 1984)
Makers and roles
style of Hendrik van Steenwyck the elder (Steenwyck, Holland 1550 – Frankfurt 1603) or Hendrik van Steenwyck the younger (Antwerp c.1580 - Leyden 1649), artist Hendrick van Steenwyck the younger (Antwerp c.1580 - Leyden 1649) , artist Hendrik van Steenwyck the elder (Steenwyck, Holland 1550 – Frankfurt 1603), artist manner of Egbert van der Poel (Delft 1621 – Rotterdam 1664), artist