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HENDRICK VAN STEENWYCK THE YOUNGER (ANTWERP C. 1580 - THE HAGUE? 1649)
The Liberation of Saint Peter
RCIN 405467
Steenwyck was a native of Antwerp who worked in England for two decades (1617 – 37) and was much patronised by Charles I. This panel uses the story of the angel freeing St Peter as an excuse for a brilliant perspectival depiction of a vaulted cellar complex seen in pale lamp-light.
Presumably commissioned by Charles I
