Philips Wouwerman
Soldiers Plundering a Village

CultureDutch
Titles
  • Soldiers Plundering a Village
Date1660s
MediumOil on panel
Dimensions18 7/8 × 25 1/8 in. (47.9 × 63.8 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1978.17
Non exposé

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ProvenanceEngelbert-August, Eighth Duke of Arenberg (1824–1875), Brussels, by 1859; [Sotheby’s, London, July 11, 1973, lot 35]; [Roy Miles, London, 1973–76]; [Christie’s, London, April 2, 1976, lot 75]; [Shickman Gallery, New York]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1978.
Exhibition History"Knights in Shining Armor: Myth and Reality, 1450 - 1650," Allentown Art Museum, Pennsylvania, January 28–June 17, 2007.

"Picturing the Landscape: Works from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Ellen Noel Museum, Odessa, Texas, September–October 2003.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed in monogram lower left: PHW

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