Winter Scene
Jan Griffier I (Amsterdam c.1645 - London 1718)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1665 - 1718
Materials
Oil on copper
Measurements
372 x 495 mm (14 5/8 x 19 1/2 in)
Place of origin
Holland
Order this imageCollection
Ardress House, County Armagh
NT 247851
Caption
This atmospheric scene was painted by Jan Griffier the Elder (c.1645–1718). Jan Griffier moved to London from the Netherlands soon after the Great Fire of London in 1666. He was admitted a 'free-brother' of London's Company of Painter-Stainers in 1677. Griffier had his own yacht on the River Thames, from which he sketched scenery, and it appears he travelled widely between London, Windsor, Oxford and Gloucester. It is thought that he and his family sailed back to Holland in 1695 but were shipwrecked off the Dutch coast. Around ten years later the family returned to London.
Summary
Oil painting on copper, Winter Scene by Jan Griffier the elder (Amsterdam c.1645 – London 1718).
Provenance
On loan from a private collection
Makers and roles
Jan Griffier I (Amsterdam c.1645 - London 1718), artist