ROMAN SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY | Classical ruins with figures conversing in the foreground

Mrs Mary Veitch (née Pitcairn), Edinburgh;

The Royal Scottish Academy, Veitch Bequest, 1875;

Anonymous sale, Edinburgh, Lyon & Turnbull, 28 September 2011, lot 24 (as Attributed to Jan Frans van Bloemen).

This painting, and the previous lot, were one of a considerable number that were bequeathed by the late Mrs Mary Veitch (née Pitcairn), of 30 York Place Edinburgh, to the Royal Scottish Academy in 1875. These comprised mostly non-British paintings and were generally described as Old Masters.