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The Entrance to a Palace
Dirck van Delen1654
Dulwich Picture Gallery
London, United Kingdom
Van Delen was an early specialist in architectural painting. His works, like this example, usually feature simple single-point perspective views of extremely elaborate fantasy palaces. They are ultimately derived from illustrated text-books on the science of perspective.
Details
- Title: The Entrance to a Palace
- Creator Lifespan: 5/1/1604 - 1671
- Date: 1654
- Physical Dimensions: w540 x h495 cm
- Type: Painting
- Medium: Oil
- Work Nationality: Dutch
- Support: Panel
- Provenance: London, Sir Francis Bourgeois, 1811; Bourgeois Bequest, 1811.
- Inscriptions: Signed and dated, on top step, lower right: 'D. V. DELEN.F. 1654'
- Artist: van Delen, Dirck
- Acquisition Method: Bourgeois, Sir Peter Francis (Bequest, 1811)
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