Aert de Gelder
Allegory on Peace

Public Domain

ExpandFavorite

Artist Aert de GelderDutch, 1645–1727

CultureDutch

Titles

Allegory on Peace
Allegory of Abundance

Datec. 1685

PlaceNetherlands

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsImage: 70 × 45 in. (177.8 × 114.3 cm)
Frame: 82 1/2 × 57 1/2 in. (209.6 × 146.1 cm)

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston

Object numberBF.1978.14

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

214 Blaffer Galleries

On view

Explore Further

Department

Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation

Object Type

PAINTING

Provenance[Van Ryp, Rotterdam, G. van Leen and A. Lamme sale, April 25–26, 1817, no. 94, (as "Depiction of Peace")]; Pierce collection, Glasgow; [Christie’s, London, M.P.W. Boulton from Enstone, Oxon, and others sale, December 8, 1911, no. 17 (as "Portrait of a Lady")]; [H.M. Clark, London, 1914]; Michel van Gelder Collection, and subsequently his widow, Château Zeecrabbe, Uccle, Belgium, 1914–at least 1938; [Dr. Hans Schaeffer Galleries, New York, 1956]; [Sotheby’s, London, Lord Braybrooke and others sale, December 8, 1965, no. 61 (as "Allegory of Abundance")]; [Shickman Gallery, New York]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1978.

Exhibition History"Arent de Gelder - Rembrandt's Last Pupil," Dordrechts Museum, Netherlands, October 10, 1998–January 24, 1999; Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, Germany, February 19–May 9, 1999.

"Still Life Paintings from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Ellen Noël Art Museum, Odessa, Texas, January 5–March 9, 2008.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Signed lower right: ADe Gelder f.

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

If you have questions about this work of art or the MFAH Online Collection please contact us.