Property from the Collection of David and Louise CarterHendrick Verschuring Gorinchem 1627 - 1690 DordrechtA musical party at the Church of S. Trinità dei Monti, Rome signed on the pillar center left: H.VERSCHURING / FECIT oil on canvascanvas: 22 by 17 1/2 in.; 55.9 by 44.5 cm.framed: 31 by 26 1/2 in.; 78.7 by 67.3 cm.ProvenanceWith Schaeffer Galleries, New York (as attributed to Jan Baptist Weenix ; From whom acquired.ExhibitedSouth Hadley, Mount Holyoke College Museum of Art, Sites and Sensibilities: Views of Rome 1500 - 1992, 1 September - 8 November 1992.Catalogue noteBorn in Gorinchem and trained in Utrecht under Jan Both Hendrick Verschuring spent over a decade in Italy, first in Rome where he drew sites of interest and then in Venice where his work was in demand. Verschuring evidently altered the composition of this scene in front of the Church of Santa Trinità dei Monte, as a prominent pentimento of an equestrian statue next to the obelisk at center attests. He also incorporated his signature as an engraved inscription on the stone pillar on the left edge to emphasize his firsthand experience of Roman topography and life.
Property from the Collection of David and Louise CarterHendrick Verschuring Gorinchem 1627 - 1690 DordrechtA musical party at the Church of S. Trinità dei Monti, Rome signed on the pillar center left: H.VERSCHURING / FECIT oil on canvascanvas: 22 by 17 1/2 in.; 55.9 by 44.5 cm.framed: 31 by 26 1/2 in.; 78.7 by 67.3 cm.ProvenanceWith Schaeffer Galleries, New York (as attributed to Jan Baptist Weenix ; From whom acquired.ExhibitedSouth Hadley, Mount Holyoke College Museum of Art, Sites and Sensibilities: Views of Rome 1500 - 1992, 1 September - 8 November 1992.Catalogue noteBorn in Gorinchem and trained in Utrecht under Jan Both Hendrick Verschuring spent over a decade in Italy, first in Rome where he drew sites of interest and then in Venice where his work was in demand. Verschuring evidently altered the composition of this scene in front of the Church of Santa Trinità dei Monte, as a prominent pentimento of an equestrian statue next to the obelisk at center attests. He also incorporated his signature as an engraved inscription on the stone pillar on the left edge to emphasize his firsthand experience of Roman topography and life.
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