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Allegory on Peace

Allegory on Peace

Public Domain

ArtistDutch, 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
218 Blaffer Galleries
On view

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Department
Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation
Object Type
Provenance[G. van Leen and A. Lamme sale, Van Ryp, Rotterdam, April 25–26, 1817, lot 94, as Depiction of Peace]; Pierce collection, Glasgow; [M.P.W. Boulton from Enstone, Oxon, and others sale, Christie’s, London, , December 8, 1911, lot 17, as Portrait of a Lady]; [H.M. Clark, London, 1914]; Michel van Gelder and subsequently his widow, Château Zeecrabbe, Uccle, Belgium, 1914–at least 1938; [Schaeffer Galleries, Inc., New York, 1956]; [Lord Braybrooke and others sale, Sotheby’s, London, December 8, 1965, lot 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.

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