View of the Queen's House and Greenwich Palace from One Tree Hill
Hendrick Danckerts (The Hague 1625 - Amsterdam 1680)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1670 - 1680
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1219 x 965 mm (48 x 38 in)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Dyrham, Gloucestershire
NT 453826
Caption
This painting of Greenwich is thought to have been commissioned by Charles II and to be identifiable with the 'Landskip of Greenwich with the Prospect to London' recorded in James II’s collection at Whitehall Palace. In the middle ground it shows the Queen’s House, designed by Inigo Jones (1573–1652). It was begun in 1616–1619 for Anne of Denmark, the queen of James I & VI, and was completed in 1630-1638 for Henrietta Maria, the queen of Charles I. Beyond the Queen’s House can be seen the first range of the King Charles Block, designed by John Webb (1611–1672), the only part of the projected palace for Charles II to have been built. It was later converted into the Royal Naval Hospital, along with other ranges built for that purpose. Danckerts has depicted himself in the foreground, drawing the view from One Tree Hill.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, View of the Queen's House and Greenwich Palace from One Tree Hill by Hendrick Danckerts (The Hague 1625 - Amsterdam 1680).
Provenance
Possibly commissioned by Charles II; recorded in James II's collection at Whitehall; unrecorded thereafter, but probably given to the Duke of Clarence (later William IV) for his residence in Bushy Park from 1797; thence by descent from his fourth son by Mrs Jordan, the Rev. Lord Augustus Fitzclarence, whose eldest daughter, Dorothea, married Capt. Thomas William Goff; bequeathed to the National Trust by Major T. C. E. Goff (1867 - 1949) of The Courts (NT) in 1947; now on loan to Dyrham Park from The Courts, Holt.
Credit line
Dyrham Park (on loan from The Courts, Holt), The Goff/Fitz-Clarence Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Hendrick Danckerts (The Hague 1625 - Amsterdam 1680), artist