JAN VAN DER VUCHT | The interior of a cathedral with soldiers in the foreground

Private collection, Belgium;

Anonymous sale, New York, Christie's, 3 June 1998, lot 93;

With Daphne Alazraki Fine Art, New York, 1999 (when exhibited at TEFAF, Maastricht), from whom acquired.

W. Pijbes, M. Aarts, M. J. Bok et al, At Home in the Golden Age, exh. cat., Zwolle 2008, p. 50, cat. no. 27, reproduced in colour;

H.-J. Raupp (ed.), Niederländische Malerei des. 17. Jahrhunderts der SØR Rusche-Sammlung, vol. 4, Historien und Allegorien, Münster/Hamburg/London 2010, pp. 458-61, cat. no. 79, reproduced in colour;

Jan van der Vucht specialised in depicting church interiors, having been apprenticed to the architectural painter, Bartholomeus van Bassen. Though he worked in Delft, The Hague and in Rotterdam, Van der Vucht's œuvre clearly reflects the influence of Flemish painting, such as the work of Antwerp painters Hendrick van Steenwijck and Hans Vredeman de Vries. This composition exemplifies the interest that vaulted naves and ceilings held for the artist.