The Sentry (painting)

The Sentry

Artist	Carel Fabritius
Year	1654 (1654)
Material	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	68 cm × 58 cm (27 in × 23 in)
Location	Staatliches Museum Schwerin, Schwerin, Germany

The Sentry is a 1654 painting of a resting sentry and a dog by Carel Fabritius.^[1] It is an oil painting on canvas of 68 by 58 cm (27 by 23 in).^[2] The work is in the collection of the Staatliches Museum in Schwerin and was restored in 2004.^[3]

References

↑ First survey exhibition ever of the work of Carel Fabritius, Leica Microsystems, 2009. Retrieved on 21 August 2014.
↑ The Sentry, Carl Fabritius, Essential Vermeer 2.0. Retrieved on 21 August 2014.
↑ (German) Regine Kränz, "Der "Torwache" von Carel Fabritius", Kraenz.com. Retrieved on 21 August 2014.

External links

Media related to The Sentry at Wikimedia Commons

Carel Fabritius

Paintings	Portrait of Abraham de Potter (1649) A View of Delft (1652) The Goldfinch (1654) The Sentry (1654) Young Man in a Fur Cap (1654)

Attributions	Portrait of a Seated Woman with a Handkerchief (1644)

Other	Dutch Golden Age painting Delft School Rembrandt (master) Barent Fabritius (brother) Johannes Fabritius (brother)

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