Camden Park Rd, Chislehurst, Kent, BR7 5HJ, United Kingdom
Collection Record
Name/TitleOval Room Murals
About this objectThree of the paintings are river views and one, with a lighthouse, is a sea view. This and
other structural evidence seems to indicate that the paintings may have formed different
mural type pictures at some time and that they have been cut down to fit the space available.
It is possible that the river view pictures formed a large wall mural on one side of a room and
the sea view picture is part of a larger mural on an adjacent wall.
The paintings are set into moulding which is part of the panelling of the room which was
previously a library, with curved bookshelves. The paintings were installed in 1860.
Makerattributed to Jacobus Jansen b1729 or his son Johannes Christian Jansen b1763
Maker RoleArtist
Portfolio Title4 Dutch Murals in the Oval Room
Date Made1700's
Period18th Century
Medium and Materialsoil on canvas
Place MadePossibly Holland
Style and IconographyPainting
Inscription and MarksNo signature has been found, though there are records attributing them to Jansen. It is feared the signatures were lost when the paintings were cleaned.
TechniqueOil Painting
MeasurementsAll the paintings are 99 ins high. Two of them are 39 ins wide and two are 59 ins wide.
Subject and Association KeywordsCamden Place
Subject and Association KeywordsArt work
Subject and Association KeywordsJacobus Jansen
Subject and Association KeywordsArt at Camden Place
