A View of Edinburgh Castle
Anglo-Dutch School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1700
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
934 x 1124 mm
Place of origin
Edinburgh
Order this imageCollection
Dyrham, Gloucestershire
NT 453801
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A View of Edinburgh Castle, Anglo-Dutch School, circa 1700. Forms a pair with the View of Holyrood Palace.
Provenance
Recorded at Dyrham Park since at least 1765, when put up for sale by William III Blathwayt (1719-1787) along with other pictures from Dyrham, fourth day of the sale, lot 7, with its pendant; subsequently returned to Dyrham Park; thence by descent; Indigenous collection purchased by the Ministry of Works in 1956 and given to Dyrham Park in 1961
Credit line
Dyrham Park, The Blathwayt Collection (acquired by the Ministry of Works via the National Land Fund in 1956, and transferred to the National Trust)
Makers and roles
Anglo-Dutch School, artist previously catalogued as attributed to British (Scottish) School, artist