Anthonie van Borssom (Dutch 1630/31-1677) Church interior with elements of the Pieterskerk and...

Anthonie van Borssom (Dutch 1630/31-1677)

Church interior with elements of the Pieterskerk and Hooglandse kerk, Leiden

Bears a signature De Witt fecit

Oil on canvas

69.9 x 58cm; 27½ x 22¾in

Provenance:

Houstoun-Boswall Collection;

By descent

Literature:

Bernard Vermet, 'Het zeventiende eeuwse kerkinterieur bij Anthony van Borssom', Leids Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek, 1 (1982), pp. 408-409, illustrated

The large monument on the column was sculpted by Rombout Verhulst (1624-1698) in honour of Pieter Adriaansz. van der Werff (1529-1604). Van der Werff was the Burgomaster of Leiden during the siege of that city by the Spanish in 1574, and famously offered up his own body as food for his people. The monument provides a terminus post quem of 1661 for the present work.

For a view of Blackadder House, former seat of the Houstoun-Boswall family, see lot 73.