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A Renaissance Portico with Elegant Figures

ca. 1615
Not on view
In subject and style, small cabinet pictures of this kind were collected by aristocratic connoisseurs. From about 1615, when this copper panel was painted, to the late 1630s Van Steenwyck worked for Charles I and his circle in London.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: A Renaissance Portico with Elegant Figures
  • Artist: Hendrick van Steenwijck II (Flemish, Antwerp (?) ca. 1580–1649 Leiden)
  • Date: ca. 1615
  • Medium: Oil on copper
  • Dimensions: Diameter 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. James Eads Switzer, in memory of her aunt, Yrene Ceballos de Sanz, 1945
  • Object Number: 45.94.2
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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