Hendrik van Steenwijck the Younger

Probably Horace Walpole (1717-1797), Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, London, by 1784;

Probably thence by inheritance to George Waldegrave (1816-1846), 7th Earl Waldegrave, Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, London;

Probably his sale, Strawberry Hill, Robins, 6 May 1842 (eleventh day), lot 10 (in the breakfast room; "A small circular picture, Interior of a Cathedral with Figures in the foreground; the Altar, with Woman at Confession, and pictures ornament the pillars");

Probably where acquired by John P. Beavan, for 23 guineas;

De Fursac Collection;

By whom sold, Brussels, Galerie Fiévez, 14-15 December 1923, lot 197;

Where acquired by a private collector;

By whose descendant sold, London, Christie's, 7 July 2004, lot 25;

With Johnny van Haeften, London;

From whom acquired by the present collector, 2004.

Possibly A description of the villa of Horace Walpole..., (Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy, with copious manuscript additions and corrections), Yale Library no. 49 2523, 1774, p. 24 (as hanging in the Breakfast Room);

Possibly A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole, youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole Earl of Orford, at Strawberry-Hill near Twickenham, Middlesex..., London 1784, p. 26 (as hanging in the Green Closet: "Inside of a church, by Steenwick");

Probably P. Hill, Walpole's art collection: Horace Walpole's Oil Paintings, Water Colours and Drawings at Strawberry Hill, Twickenham 1997, p. 39;

J. Howarth,The Steenwyck Family as Masters of Perspective, Turnhout 2009, p. 157, cat. no. II. B 35, reproduced p. 444;

B.G. Maillet, Intérieurs d'Eglises 1580-1720: La Peinture Architecturale des Écoles du Nord, Wijnegem 2012, p. 382, cat. no. M-1230, reproduced.