The Nieuwe Kerk in Delft with the Tomb of William of Orange
Gerard Houckgeest
(Dutch, about 1600–1661)
about 1651-52
Medium/TechniqueOil on panel
Dimensions60 x 41 cm (23 5/8 x 16 1/8 in.)
Framed: 74.3 x 55.9 x 7.6 cm (29 1/4 x 22 x 3 in.)
Framed: 74.3 x 55.9 x 7.6 cm (29 1/4 x 22 x 3 in.)
Credit LineGift of Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo, in support of the Center for Netherlandish Art
Accession number2021.719
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On viewClassificationsPaintings
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ProvenanceBy 1838, John Talbot, 16th Earl of Shrewsbury (b. 1791 – d. 1852), Alton Towers, Staffordshire [see note 1]; by descent to his cousin, Bertram Talbot, 17th Earl of Shrewsbury (b. 1832 – d. 1856), Alton Towers, Staffordshire; July 6, 1857, Earl of Shrewsbury sale, Christie’s, London, lot 210, probably unsold; June 1, 1861, Earl of Shrewsbury sale, Christie's, London, lot 100, sold to John Mayor Threlfall (d. 1864), Singleton House, Manchester [see note 2]; May 13, 1864, Threlfall sale, Christie’s, London, lot 87 [see note 3]. 1895, possibly Schwartz collection, Vienna [see note 4]. March 28, 1979, anonymous ("Property of a Lady") sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 75 [see note 5]. Private collection. 1999, David Koetser (dealer), Zurich [see note 6]. 2000, Noortman Master Paintings, London; 2002, sold by Noortman Master Paintings to Eijk and Rose-Marie van Otterloo, Marblehead, MA; 2021, gift of Eijk and Rose-Marie van Otterloo to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 15, 2021)
NOTES:
[1] G. F. Waagen, Works of Art and Artists in England, vol. 3 (London, 1838), records a painting by Emanuel de Witte, Interior of a Church, in the Earl of Shrewsbury collection at Alton Towers.
[2] Both Earl of Shrewsbury sales list the painting as by de Witte. Buyer information is according to the 1979 Sotheby’s catalogue.
[3] Sold as de Witte, “Interior of a Cathedral, with Two Figures before a Monument,” from Alton Towers.
[4] According to Hans Jantzen, Das Niederländische Architekturbild (Braunschweig, 1979), p. 225, cat. no. 193.
[5] Sold as by Gerrit Houckgeest.
[6] According to Walter Liedtke, Vermeer and the Delft School (New York, 2001), cat. no. 38.
NOTES:
[1] G. F. Waagen, Works of Art and Artists in England, vol. 3 (London, 1838), records a painting by Emanuel de Witte, Interior of a Church, in the Earl of Shrewsbury collection at Alton Towers.
[2] Both Earl of Shrewsbury sales list the painting as by de Witte. Buyer information is according to the 1979 Sotheby’s catalogue.
[3] Sold as de Witte, “Interior of a Cathedral, with Two Figures before a Monument,” from Alton Towers.
[4] According to Hans Jantzen, Das Niederländische Architekturbild (Braunschweig, 1979), p. 225, cat. no. 193.
[5] Sold as by Gerrit Houckgeest.
[6] According to Walter Liedtke, Vermeer and the Delft School (New York, 2001), cat. no. 38.
Gerard Soest
Hans von Wertinger