Lot 16: Hendrick van Steenwijck, the Younger (?Antwerp c. 1580-1649 ?Leiden) Cathedral interior oil on copper, circular 6 5/8 in. diam. (16.7 cm. diam.)

Hendrick van Steenwijck, the Younger (?Antwerp c. 1580-1649 ?Leiden)
Cathedral interior
signed and dated 'H·V·Steinw / 1621' (lower left)
oil on copper, circular
6 5/8 in. diam. (16.7 cm. diam.)
in the original ebonised fruitwood frame

Elizabeth Maitland, Duchess of Lauderdale, 2nd Countess of Dysart (1626-1698), Ham House, Surrey, listed in the inventory of circa 1683, inv. no. 3, as ‘A perspective of Stanewick [sic.]’, and by descent at Ham House to,
Lionel William John Tollemache, 8th Earl of Dysart (1794-1878), Ham House, Surrey, listed in the inventory of 1844, as ‘Steenwix. Interior perspective of a Church – original’, and by descent to,
William John Manners Tollemache, 9th Earl of Dysart, DL (1895-1935), Ham House, Surrey, listed in the inventory of 1911, as ‘Interior of a Cathedral. 6½ in. Circle by Steenwyck, 1821 [sic.]. Signed & Dated. On Panel. Ebony Frame’, by whom bequeathed with Ham House in 1935 to his second cousin,
Sir Lyonel Tollemache, 4th Bt. (1854-1952), and by inheritance through his granddaughter,
Barbara Judd (1926-2013), to the present owner.