

Item details
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Acquisition
Bourgeois Bequest, 1811
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Accession number
DPG219
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Artist
Herman van Swanevelt
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Date
c.1645/8
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Dimensions
38.4 x 55.4 cm
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Inscription
Signed and dated, bottom centre right: H SWANEVELT/ F PAR[IS] 164[?]'
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Materials
Oil on canvas
Swanevelt spent most of his life in Rome and Paris, sharing a house with Claude in Rome from 1627-29. He and Claude developed along similar lines, one influencing the other, and their works are not always easy to separate. In 1644 he became Painter to the King of France.

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