Interior of a Flemish Cathedral with Figures
Bartholomeus van Bassen (The Hague c.1590 - The Hague 1652)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1638 (bears inscription and date)
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
635 x 834 mm (25 x 34 in)
Place of origin
Holland
Order this imageCollection
Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
NT 959450
Summary
Oil painting on panel, Interior of a Flemish Cathedral with Figures, by Bartholomeus van Bassen (The Hague c.1590 - The Hague 1652), bearing the signature of Pieter Neefs the Elder, 1636, and an inscription with the name of Bartholomeus van Bassen and the date 1638. A church interior with figures and a dog, a black and white tiled floor and Baroque-style architechture.
Provenance
Thought to have been acquired by Charles Winn in the 19th century; thence by descent until purchased by the National Trust by private treaty sale from Lord St Oswald in 2010.
Credit line
Nostell Priory, The St Oswald Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Lower right: P. Neef / 1636 Painted as if inscribed on a tablet on the wall of the church: DOM. / ANNO DOMINI / [?] ESIMO. SEX / CENTESIMO ET / TRIGINTESIMO / OCTAVO / B VAN. BASSYN / BENE / VIVERE ET [?] / [?]
Makers and roles
Bartholomeus van Bassen (The Hague c.1590 - The Hague 1652), artist previously catalogued as attributed to Bartholomeus van Bassen (The Hague c.1590 - The Hague 1652), artist previously catalogued as attributed to Hendrick van Steenwyck the younger (Antwerp c.1580 - Leyden 1649) , artist previously catalogued as attributed to Hendrik van Steenwyck the elder (Steenwyck, Holland 1550 – Frankfurt 1603), artist previously catalogued as attributed to Dirck van Delen (Heusden 1604/5 - Arnemuiden 1671), artist previously catalogued as attributed to Peter Neefs the elder (Antwerp c.1578 – Antwerp 1656/61), artist
References
Brockwell 1915 Maurice Walter Brockwell, Catalogue of the Pictures and Other Works of Art in the Collection of Lord St Oswald at Nostell Priory, London 1915, no. 243