The Liberation of St Peter

The identification with the entry in the Sale Inventory is only a possibility. There are several perspectives by or after Steenwyck in the Royal Collection today and several references in the inventories. For all the Steenwyck candidates without firm matches see van der Doort WS 87, no 57 and also Sale inventory WS 315, no 262, WS 192, no 100, WS 268, no 185, WS 323, no 21, WS 307, no 144, WS 259, no 52, 54, 55, WS 315, no 266, WS 269, no 212, WS 63, no 58, WS 204, no 303 and WS 416, no 9 (including this record)

Van der Doort c.1639

Liberation of St Peter, 'night perspective of St Peter'

Walpole Society reference (1960): 
WS 187, № 22
Measurements (Van der Doort): 
2ft 2in x 3ft 6in (66 x 106.7cm)
Provenance: 
Mantua piece
Gift / Exchange / Bought / Inherited: 
bought
Location: 
Room description extended: 
The 34 Pictures remaining at Nonsuch Palace this [blank] of March 1639 [Hampton Court struck through]
Original Manuscript page number: 
MS. Ash. 1514, f. 188
Charles II inventory c1666: 
Hampton Court, no. 129
Identification certainty: 
Identified
Sale Inventory c.1649-51