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The Manor House, Cresswells
About the Artwork
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 demand. Danckerts was among the first to incorporate watercolor into his drawings, a genre that would flourish in England in the following centuries.
Inscriptions
Watermark: Strasburg Bend & Lily
Provenance
Sir Bruce Ingram, Kt., O.B.E., M.C., F.S.A. (1877-1963), Lugt 1405a October 21, 1964: Ingram sale, Sotheby’s, 21st October 1964, lot 22 1964–78: W A Brandt (1902-1978), acquired from the above 1978–2023: by descent to 2023 2023–24: (Lowell Libson & Johnny Yarker, Ltd., British Art, London, United Kingdom), sold to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH June 3, 2024–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Hendrick Danckerts (Dutch, 1625–1680)
- Date
- c. 1665
- Medium
- Pen, ink, wash with watercolor on two conjoined pieces of paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 27.9 x 88.9 cm (11 x 35 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Severance and Greta Millikin Trust
- Accession no.
- 2024.60
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00011352
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