ATTRIBUTED TO HENDRIK VAN STEENWIJCK THE YOUNGER | ST. JEROME IN HIS STUDY WITH A LION

Possibly, Johann von Uffenbach;

Possibly, anonymous sale, Frankfurt, 6 May 1771, lot 102;

Possibly, anonymous sale, Frankfurt, 15 May 1775, lot 67 (both described 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, Christie's, 26 September 1980, lot 74;

Anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby's, 30 January 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. 518 (as attributed to Steenwijck the Younger).

Howarth lists 24 versions of this subject by or attributed to Steenwijck the Younger. The theme 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.