The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Beaufort House, Chelsea
1707–9
(Dutch, 1653–1722)
after Leendert Knijff
(Dutch, 1650–1721)
Platemark: 35.9 x 49.4 cm (14 1/8 x 19 7/16 in.); Sheet: 54.3 x 64.8 cm (21 3/8 x 25 1/2 in.)
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
The house and gardens portrayed in this hand-colored engraving were destroyed in 1740.Description
This detailed view of Beaufort House in Chelsea portrays the gabled house, built in 1521, and its extensive formal gardens. Part of a large folio publication of the principal seats of the nobility in England, the Britannia Illustrata, it portrays a structure that was once the home of Sir Thomas More and that was demolished in 1740. The two Dutch artists who collaborated on this and the other topographical views in the volume, both resident in England, were exacting in their depictions of the architecture and gardens, providing valuable insight to the land and buildings of the time.- ca. 1988(Vixseboxse Art Galleries, Inc., Cleveland Heights, OH)Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OHMarch 2, 2020The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2020.163