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LANDSCAPE paintings

Jan Siberechts 1627 - about 1700

View of a House and its Estate in Belsize, Middlesex 1696

Oil on canvas
Purchased with assistance from the Art Fund and the Friends of the Tate Gallery 1995
T06996

This painting shows a house and its estate in Belsize, London. It would have been painted for the owner of the house, who wanted a kind of ‘portrait’ of his possessions.

Scholars see the form of such landscapes as being adapted to the needs of the property owner. The house is placed in the middle of the picture, and an impression of the extent of the land included in the estate is given by stretching it into the distance.

View of a House in Belsize