Lot 152: Hendrick van Steenwijk (?Antwerp 1580-1649 ?Leiden)

Hendrick van Steenwijk (?Antwerp 1580-1649 ?Leiden)
The interior of a gothic cathedral, with elegant figures
oil on panel
6¼ x 9¼ in. (15.9 x 23.5 cm.)

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We are grateful to Jeremy Howarth for confirming the attribution, on the basis of photographs. He pointed to its close relationship with a version on copper that was sold at the Dorotheum, Vienna (20 October 1993, lot 287). A squared up drawing of this composition is in the Albertina, Vienna.