The Confessional - Friar and Fair Penitent (in the manner of Egbert van Heemskerck the elder)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1700
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
184 x 168 mm
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Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 1401214
Caption
This ‘drollerie’ (amusing piece), is a typical English imitation of Dutch 17th – century paintings, in particular of those painted by the immigrant Egbert van Heemskerk (c.1635-1704). The frisson between the two figures, and the look in the friar’s eye, gives the picture an overtly anti-clerical slant.
Summary
An oil painting on a panel: 'The Confessional - Friar and Fair Penitent ' (in the manner of Egbert van Heemskerck the elder), British (English) School. This is a typical English imitation of a Dutch C17 painting by Egbert van Heemskerk (1635-1704). It shows a servant girl confessing to a monk. They are three- quarter length figures, behind which are a screen and a rough portrait drawing. This is a companion to FEL/P/107.
Provenance
Part of the Windham Collection. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1969 by Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906-1969).
Makers and roles
British (English) School, publisher manner of Egbert van Heemskerck the elder (Haarlem c.1634 – London 1704), publisher