'View of a House and its Estate in Belsize, Middlesex', Jan Siberechts

Artwork details

Artist

Jan Siberechts (1627‑c.1700)

Title

View of a House and its Estate in Belsize, Middlesex

Date 1696

MediumOil paint on canvas

Dimensionsunconfirmed: 1079 x 1397 mm

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Purchased with assistance from the Art Fund and the Friends of the Tate Gallery 1995

Reference

T06996

On display at Tate Britain

Theme: BP Walk through British Art

Room: 1650

Summary

This is one of two paintings by the Flemish-trained Siberechts in the Tate collection. The artist began specialising in pictures of country estates when he settled in Britain in the 1670s. The name of the estate's owner, and probable commissioner of the painting, is now lost. At one time thought to be The Grove in Highgate, the building has been identified by local historian Roy Allen as being in Belsize, Middlesex (what is now Belsize Park in northwest London). In 1696, when this picture was made, the whole of Belsize belonged to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster Abbey (the Abbey and other landmarks are visible on the horizon). The road in the foreground is what is now Rosslyn Hill… (read more)