Three Figures conversing in a Moonlit Castle
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
Holland
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire (Accredited Museum)
On show at
Not on show
NT 290301.2
Summary
Oil painting on copper, Three Figures conversing in a Moonlit Castle, style of Hendrik van Steenwyck the elder (Steenyck, Holland 1550 – Frankfurt 1603) or Hendrik van Steenwyck the younger (Antwerp c.1580 - Leyden 1649). A moonlit castle and fiqures on walls in the background. Three men in the foreground are illuminated by a candle showing tables and domestic utensils. One man with a dark face and slashed jacket holds out his hand towards another. 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 Steenwijck the younger (Antwerp c.1580 - Leyden 1649) , artist Hendrik van Steenwyck the elder (Steenwyck, Holland 1550 – Frankfurt 1603), artist