Lot 83: Hendrick van Steenwijk II (Frankfurt am Main c. 1580-c. 1649 London)

Saint Jerome in a church interior
signed and dated 'HENRICV VAN STEINWI 1625 Func.. (lower left)
oil on copper
22.8 x 31.4 cm.

Cyrus Pott Esq.; Sotheby's, London, 9 April 1986, lot 45.
with Ch. Roelofsz., Amsterdam, 1991.

The present picture relates to similar compositions of Saint Jerome in a church interior, for example, the signed and dated painting of 1625, sold at Christie's, New York, 16 January 1992, lot 10. All versions appear to be dated between 1624 and 1626.

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