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The Thames from Somerset House
The Thames from Somerset House
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The Thames from Somerset House

by Cornelis Bol

Date: c.1650

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Item details
  • Acquisition

    Probably Cartwright Bequest, 1686

  • Accession number

    DPG360

  • Artist

    Cornelis Bol

  • Date

    c.1650

  • Dimensions

    63.5 x 108.7 cm

  • Inscription

    Signed, bottom right, on fencing: 'CB'

  • Materials

    Oil on canvas

On the right is Old Somerset House, shown before Webb's alterations to the river facade of 1662; on the far left is Lambeth Palace; on the skyline appear (left to right) Westminster Hall, Westminster Abbey, the Banqueting House and Old Northumberland House, with its four turrets. DPG360 is a version of one of a set of Thames views painted by Bol for the diarist John Evelyn (private collection).

The Thames from Somerset House

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