Saint Peter delivered from Prison
after Hendrick van Steenwyck the younger (Antwerp c.1580 - Leyden 1649)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1670 - 1699
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1270 x 1780 mm
Place of origin
Holland
Order this imageCollection
Vyne Estate, Hampshire
NT 719427
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Saint Peter delivered from Prison, after Hendrick van Steenwijck the younger (Antwerp c.1580 - Leyden 1649). A Romanesque crypt with a fire at right, sleeping soldiers, and in the background, Saint Peter escaping.
Provenance
Bought by Wiggett Chute, April 1847, for £22; 1880s Notes, in the Ante Chapel, as: "St. Peter's Release (Steenwyck)"; bequeathed with The Vyne, estate and contents by Sir Charles Chute, 1st Bt (1879-1956)
Credit line
The Vyne, The Chute Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
after Hendrick van Steenwyck the younger (Antwerp c.1580 - Leyden 1649) , artist