Ferdinand Bol
Portrait of Sir John Hebdon

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Artist Ferdinand Bol (Dutch, 1616–1680)Dutch, 1616–1680

CultureDutch

Titles

Portrait of Sir John Hebdon

Date1659

PlaceNetherlands

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsOverall: 52 5/8 × 41 7/8 × 3/4 in. (133.7 × 106.4 × 1.9 cm)
Frame: 60 1/4 x 49 5/8 x 4 1/2 in. (153 x 126 x 11.4 cm)

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston

Object numberBF.1977.5

Non exposé

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Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation

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PAINTING

Provenance[Unidentified art dealer, London]; [Galerie Eduard Friedrich Weber, Hamburg, 1881]; [E.F. Weber sale, Lepke, Berlin, February 20–22, 1912, lot 266]; [J. Goudstikker, exh. Rotterdam 1915, cat. no. 3]; [A. de Labrouhe de Laborderie sale, F. Muller & Co., Amsterdam, May 23, 1922, lot 34]; [F. Muller & Co., Amsterdam, 1924]; [Anton W.M. Mensing sale, F. Muller & Co., Amsterdam, November 15, 1938, lot 11, purchased by M. Knoedler & Co., New York]; [Lord Carew sale, Sotheby’s, London, June 26, 1957, lot 19, purchased by art dealer Daan Cevat]; [Kurt Meissner, Zurich, who lent it to the Montreal exhibition, 1969]; [A. Gebhardt, Munich]; [K. and V. Waterman, Amsterdam]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1977.
Exhibition History"Old Master paintings from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Beeville Museum of Art, Texas, November 9, 2002–February 12, 2003.

"Masterpieces from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Greater Denton Arts Council, Texas, September 16–October 26, 2006.

"Masterworks from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Michelson Museum of Art, Marshall, Texas, November 11, 2006–March 9, 2007.

"Genre Scenes, Portraits and Still-life: Dutch and Flemish Paintings of the 16th and 17th Centuries," El Paso Museum of Art, Texas, September 16, 2012–January 6, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Signed and dated lower right: FBol fecit A 1659 (FB in monogram)

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