Location

Country: Turkey
City: Ankara
Place: British Embassy

Leendert Knijff, better known as Leonard Knyff, was born in Haarlem in 1650 and followed his brother Jacob (also an artist) to London at some point after 1676. In 1694, Knyff was made a British citizen. He began his career painting still lifes but became better-known in Britain for his views of gardens and country houses. The birds-eye view format, which was popularised in the UK by Knyff, is thought to have first been introduced to the British landscape tradition by his brother, Jacob.

Places

England, Constable Burton Hall, North Yorkshire

Subjects

carriage, horseback, topography, tree, horse, hill, coat of arms, field, bridge (rural), garden, country house/mansion

Materials & Techniques

engraving, coloured engraving

Artist

Johannes Kip (1653 - 1722)
Leonard Knyff (1650 - 1722)

Title

Constable Burton in the North Riding of Yorkshire, the Seat of the Hon. Sir Marmaduke Wyvill Bt.

Date

published 1707

Medium

Coloured engraving

Acquisition

Purchased 1947-1948

Inscription

below image: [left] L. Knyff De. [right] I. Kip Scul. / [centre] Constable Burton in y e North Rideing of Yorkshire the Seat of the Hon.ble S.r Marmaduke Wyvill Bar.tt. / [right] 69 [armorial in centre of lettering with motto PAR LA VOLONTÉ DE DIEU]

GAC number

470