A church interior

Details

Flemish School, 18th Century
A church interior
oil on canvas
40 ¾ x 49 5/8 in. (103.4 x 125.9 cm.)

Provenance

with Central Picture Galleries, New York, where acquired by the La Salle University Art Museum in 1974.

Literature

C.P. Wistar, La Salle College Art Museum Guide to the Collection, Philadelphia, 1984, pp. 45, 87, illustrated, as 'Eighteenth century, Dutch'.
C.P. Wistar, La Salle University Art Museum: Guide to the Collection, Philadelphia, 2002, p. 116, as 'Anonymous, Dutch'.

Lot Essay

This painting derives from an engraving by Jan van Londerseel, which in turn replicates a lost painting by Hendrik Aerts. The subject had erroneously been described as a depiction of the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran. The composition must have been exceedingly popular, as numerous other painted versions are known (see B. G. Maillet, Intérieurs d'Églises, 1580-1720: La Peinture Architecturale des Écoles du Nord, Wijnegem, 2012, pp. 178-186).

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