The Manor House, Cresswells
c. 1665
- Medium
- Pen, ink, wash with watercolor on two conjoined pieces of paper
- Dimensions
- 27.9 × 88.9 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-210567
The Anglo-Dutch painter, Hendrick Danckert, made this panoramic view of the manor house at Cresswells, Bray, in Berkshire, England around 1670. The drawing was preparatory for a painting of the house, presumably commissioned by its owner, Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort. The genre of topographical painting that flourished in England beginning in the 17th century accompanied the building boom after the Restoration (1660), which was funded in large part by the American colonies. Many Dutch artists, trained in landscape painting in their native country, emigrated to England to meet the dema…
Provenance
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Trust, 2024.60
Registry history
- c. 1665 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — drawings
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