Master Paintings Part II

Master Paintings Part II

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Property from the Collection of David and Louise Carter

Hendrick Verschuring

A musical party at the Church of S. Trinità dei Monti, Rome

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January 30, 03:51 PM GMT

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15,000 - 20,000 USD

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Property from the Collection of David and Louise Carter

Hendrick Verschuring

Gorinchem 1627 - 1690 Dordrecht

A musical party at the Church of S. Trinità dei Monti, Rome


signed on the pillar center left: H.VERSCHURING / FECIT 

oil on canvas

canvas: 22 by 17 1/2 in.; 55.9 by 44.5 cm.

framed: 31 by 26 1/2 in.; 78.7 by 67.3 cm.

With Schaeffer Galleries, New York (as attributed to Jan Baptist Weenix);
From whom acquired.
South Hadley, Mount Holyoke College Museum of Art, Sites and Sensibilities: Views of Rome 1500 - 1992, 1 September - 8 November 1992.
Born in Gorinchem and trained in Utrecht under Jan Both, Hendrick Verschuring spent over a decade in Italy, first in Rome where he drew sites of interest and then in Venice where his work was in demand. Verschuring evidently altered the composition of this scene in front of the Church of Santa Trinità dei Monte, as a prominent pentimento of an equestrian statue next to the obelisk at center attests. He also incorporated his signature as an engraved inscription on the stone pillar on the left edge to emphasize his firsthand experience of Roman topography and life.