Herman Van Swanevelt, 1603 - 1655, Dutch School, An extensive windswept Panoramic Landscape with Travellers on a Path, Oil on Panel, 10 x 16 3/8 inches (25.4 x 41.6 cms), Signed in ink au verso:"Herman van Swanevelt fe," Provenance: Given by a friend of the painter, Sir Peter Lely, to the artist as a gift c. 1655 (according to a label au verso); Private Collection, UK. Note: The label au verso reads: " For my very worthy frend Mr Lilliy / very exellent paynter, at his Lodging / at Mr Flechers house uppon yr piazza / in ye covent Garden in ye Strand. / in London." According to Jacob Simon, Mr Flecher would almost certainly be referring to Tobias Flessier (1610 - 85) or Flusheer or Flushire with whom Lely shared his house in Covent Garden between 1651 and 1657, before he took it over himself in 1662