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A View of Greenwich and the Queen's House from the South-East
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"A View of Greenwich and the Queen's House from the South-East," oil on canvas, by the Dutch artist Hendrick Danckerts. It is believed that Samuel Pepys, Secretary of the Admiralty, commissioned this work. He describes it in his diary, and it is likely that the couple pictured walking in the foreground are Pepys and his wife. 865 mm x 1210 mm. Circa 1670. Courtesy of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.
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A View of Greenwich and the Queen s House from the South-East by Hendrick Danckerts
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865 mm x 1210 mm. Circa 1670. Courtesy of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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(c.1625 - 1680) was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter and engraver.
Danckerts was born in The Hague, where he learned his trade and remained until 1653.He visited England for the first time in 1650.In 1653 he went to Italy, where he stayed for five years. He then moved to England where he entered the service of Charles II and the Duke of York. He painted Italianate landscapes, especially views of harbors and royal residences. He also produced portraits and devotional pictures and made engravings after the Italian old masters in the Royal Collection. He left England in 1679due to the public hostility towards Roman Catholics after the Popish Plot controversy. He died soon after in Amsterdam. |
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