Jakob Isaacsz Swanenburgh (Leiden 1571-1638 Utrecht) A papal procession before the basilica of Saint Peter's, Rome signed 'IACOP* *WA*** (on wall, centre left) oil on panel 85.8 x 126.4cm (33 3/4 x 49 3/4in). Fußnoten Provenance The Collection of Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt Wilson, Lord Berners Sale, Christie's, London, 15 February 1974, lot 132 (as L. de Caullery) Perhaps best known for his scenes of Hell, Jacob Isaacz. van Swanenburgh also painted topographical views. After leaving his native Leiden, he is recorded in Naples, where he set up a shop in the mid-1590s. In 1608, he was prosecuted by the local curia for producing and displaying images of witchcraft with a work of his, described as a Witch's Sabbath, being confiscated. He is also known to have stayed in Rome at some point although two large views of St Peter's are dated after his eventual return to Leiden in 1618 (Städtische Kunstsammlungen, Augsburg, inv.no. 2650, dated 1632, and Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, inv. no. 693, dated 1628).
Jakob Isaacsz Swanenburgh (Leiden 1571-1638 Utrecht) A papal procession before the basilica of Saint Peter's, Rome signed 'IACOP* *WA*** (on wall, centre left) oil on panel 85.8 x 126.4cm (33 3/4 x 49 3/4in). Fußnoten Provenance The Collection of Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt Wilson, Lord Berners Sale, Christie's, London, 15 February 1974, lot 132 (as L. de Caullery) Perhaps best known for his scenes of Hell, Jacob Isaacz. van Swanenburgh also painted topographical views. After leaving his native Leiden, he is recorded in Naples, where he set up a shop in the mid-1590s. In 1608, he was prosecuted by the local curia for producing and displaying images of witchcraft with a work of his, described as a Witch's Sabbath, being confiscated. He is also known to have stayed in Rome at some point although two large views of St Peter's are dated after his eventual return to Leiden in 1618 (Städtische Kunstsammlungen, Augsburg, inv.no. 2650, dated 1632, and Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, inv. no. 693, dated 1628).
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