Hendrick van Steenwyck the Younger - The Courtyard of a Renaissance Palace [1610]

Hendrick van Steenwyck the Younger - The Courtyard of a Renaissance Palace [1610], a photo by Gandalf's Gallery on Flickr.

This painting presumably shows a scene from the Bible or classical history, but the subject has not been identified. Traditionally it was said to show Aeneas in the Palace of Dido. The architecture, landscape and sky are certainly by Hendrick van Steenwyck the Younger but the figures are probably by another hand.

Van Steenwyck was probably taught by his father, who had fled the Netherlands and settled in Frankfurt. He was in London by 1617, and probably remained there until 1637. By 1645 he had settled in the Northern Netherlands, where he died. He was a painter of church interiors and architectural scenes.

[National Gallery, London - Oil on copper, 40.2 x 69.8 cm]