Van der Doort c.1639
WS 52, № 58
said to be Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Massacre of the Innocents, soldiers being all in "klans" [clowns] ["boures" struck through] shape, light from the [-]
Walpole Society reference (1960):
Measurements (Van der Doort):
2ft 6in x 3ft 6in (76.2 x 106.7cm)
Provenance:
Mantua piece
Gift / Exchange / Bought / Inherited:
bought
Room description extended:
Towards the Orchard
Original Manuscript page number:
MS. Ash. 1514, f. 70
Charles II inventory c1666:
Whitehall, no 101, 74 x 104
Identification certainty:
Identified
Sale Inventory c.1649-51