Landscape with Obelisk

Landscape with Obelisk
Artist Govert Flinck
Year 1638
Type Oil on wood
Dimensions 54.5 cm × 71 cm (21.5 in × 28 in)
Location Whereabouts unknown since the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft in 1990

Landscape with Obelisk is painting by Dutch artist Govert Flinck, painted in 1638. The oil-on-wood painting measures 54.5 by 71 centimetres (21.5 in × 28.0 in).[1] It was formerly attributed to Rembrandt.[2] The painting hung in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum of Boston, Massachusetts, United States, prior to being stolen in 1990.

Provenance

The painting hung in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum of Boston, Massachusetts, United States, prior to being stolen on March 18, 1990.[3] To this day, the painting has not resurfaced.

A $5 million reward is offered for the return of the stolen items.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Landscape with Obelisk, 1638 (oil on wood)". Bridgeman Images. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  2. ↑ Vigderman, Patricia. The Memory Palace of Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Hol Art Books. p. 151. ISBN 978-1-936102-24-2.
  3. ↑ "Stolen Art and the F.B.I.". The New York Times. November 18, 2005. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "The Gardner Museum Theft". Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
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