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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2002.258
People
Hans Bol, Netherlandish (Mechelen, Belgium 1534 - 1593 Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Title
Landscape with Bandits Holding up a Man with a Wagon
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1582
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/197029

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on vellum laid down on panel
Dimensions
12.8 x 17.3 cm (5 1/16 x 6 13/16 in.)
frame: 29.3 x 34.5 x 3 cm (11 9/16 x 13 9/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: lower center, on tree trunk: HBOL 1582
  • label: tacked to back of frame: Sotheby's New York / 123
  • label: back of panel, stamped in red ink: 7095
  • label: back of panel, handwritten in red: X123/2
  • inscription: back of panel, handwritten in black felt-tip: X123/2
  • inscription: back of panel, handwritten in black ink: 882
  • inscription: back of panel, handwritten in white chalk: 20

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Kate, Maurice R. and Melvin R. Seiden Special Purchase Fund in honor of James Cuno
Accession Year
2002
Object Number
2002.258
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Important Old Master Paintings, auct. cat., Sotheby's (New York, NY, January 30, 1998), pp. 236-7, fig. 123, color reproduction

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