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Interior of a Gothic Church Looking East (London, 2204)

Interior of a Gothic Church Looking East (London, 2204)

Object type Painting
Genre Staffage in Church Interior
Date 1615
Dimensions 25.6 x 40.2 cm
Support Copper
Medium Oil
Signature H. V. STEEIN 1615
Collaborators Hendrick van Steenwyck the Younger
Our attribution Jan Brueghel the Elder
Other authorities Ertz 2008-10, #596
Ertz 1979, #288
Location London, England
Collection National Gallery
Accession numbers inv. #2204
Tags Dog, Church, Van Steenwyck, Painting Within A Painting, Burghers, Children, Interior Scene
External resources National Gallery
Hoet and Terwesten 1752-70, vol. 3, p. 475
Jantzen 1910, p. 170, #458
Wilenski 1960, vol.1, p.661
Martin 1970, pp. 247-47
London 1975, p. 4,5
Ertz 1979, cat. #288
Klessmann 1993, p. 27
London 2001 (museum catalog), p.
Howarth 2009, cat. #II.B.24, figure p. 438
Ertz 2008-10, cat. #596
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Extra Image
Jun 19 1765 Amsterdam Sale, Possibly Cok (de Neufville), Lot #94 for fl. 260
Possibly Joannes Baptista Fracotella
Apr 26 1813 Amsterdam Sale, Possibly Schley, Lot 54 fl. 140
19th century to 20th century Netherlands Possibly Roos
Mar 1 1823 Possibly Sale, Christie's, Lot #73 (for 15 GNS)
1885 London Sale, Christie's, Lot #84
Henry Calcott Brunning
1907 London Donated to the National Gallery
E.A. Honig
June 29, 2013

The paintings seen in the foreground of this church represent the Journey to Emmaus and Christ and the Woman of Samaria.