View of Windsor Castle with Sailing Barges

Location

Country: Other
City: other locations abroad

Jacob Knyff, topographical landscape painter, was baptised in Haarlem on 1 January 1640. He was the elder brother of the artist Leonard Knyff, who is well known for his engravings of country houses. Jacob Knyff was one of the first artists in Britain to paint houses from a bird’s eye view, on his arrival in the country in 1673.

Places

England, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, River Thames

Subjects

rowing boat, horseback, topography, landscape C17th, horse, river, hill, man, flag, bridge (rural), house, castle, wall, barge/canal boat

Materials & Techniques

canvas, oil, oil painting

Artist

Jacob Knyff (1639 - 1681)

Title

View of Windsor Castle with Sailing Barges

Date

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 112.50 cm, width: 156.50 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Christie's, 24 July 1978

Provenance

Sold though Christie's, London, 'Important English Pictures' sale, on 24 November 1978 (Lot 11), as 'A View of Windsor Castle from the River Thames with Sailing Barges and Fishermen' by H. Danckerts; from which sale purchased by the Department of the Environment

GAC number

14334