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May 22, 08:55 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Collection
ATTRIBUTED TO HENDRIK VAN STEENWIJCK THE YOUNGER
(Antwerp 1580 - 1640 Leiden)
ST. JEROME IN HIS STUDY WITH A LION
oil on panel
12 by 17¾ in.; 30.5 by 45.1 cm.
Possibly, Johann von Uffenbach;
Possibly, anonymous sale, Frankfurt, 6 May 1771, l🔯ot 102;
Possibly, anonymous sale, Frankfurt, 15 May 1775, lot 67 (both descri😼beಌd as "taste of Steenwijck");
Possibly, Graf Hugo con Eltz;
Anonymous sale,♎ Mainz, 17 May 1785, lot🥀 731 (for 26 fl);
Where purchased by Franz von Leykam🐷▨ (b. circa 1758);
Anonymous sale, London, Chr𒅌istie's, 26 September 1980, lot 74;
Anonyꩵmous sale, New York, Sotheby's, 30 Janu🅠ary 1998, lot 236; (as attributed to Steenwijck the Younger)
There acquired.
J. Howarth, The Steenwyck Family as Masters of Perspective, Turnhout 2009, pp. 239-40, cat. II.D22, reproduced p. 51ꦦ8 (as att🉐ributed to Steenwijck the Younger).
Howarth lists 24 versions of this subject by or attributed to Steenwijck the Younger. The th༺eme allowed the master of perspective to depict a contemporary interior with a religious subject, and the interiors range from palaces to smaller homes. Here, a chapel is seen through the door at back, and St. Jerome's room includes a bed and fireplace, with Jerome's lion relaxing on the floor. The pattern ♏of tiling on the floor is unusual in Steenwijck's work.