Ferdinand Bol
Portrait of Sir John Hebdon

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Artist Ferdinand Bol 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

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

217 Blaffer Galleries

On view

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Department

Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation

Object Type

PAINTING

Provenance[Unidentified dealer, London]; purchased by [Galerie Eduard Friedrich Weber, Hamburg, 1881]; [Rudolph Lepke, Berlin, E. F. Weber sale, February 20–22, 1912, no. 266]; [J. Goudstikker, Rotterdam, 1915, cat. no. 3]; [Frederik Muller, Amsterdam, A. de Labrouhe de Laborderie sale, May 23, 1922, no. 34]; [F. Muller & Co., 1924]; [F. Muller & Co., Amsterdam, Anton W.M. Mensing sale, November 15, 1938, no. 11]; purchased by [M. Knoedler & Co.]; [Sotheby’s, London, Lord Carew sale, June 26, 1957, no. 19]; purchased by Daan Cevat; [Kurt Meissner, Zurich, as of loan to 1969 exhibition in Montreal]; [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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