Moses with the Tablets of the Law

Details

Ferdinand Bol (Dordrecht 1616-1680 Amterdam)
Moses with the Tablets of the Law
signed 'F Bol.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
80.7 x 65.9 cm.

Provenance

The Trustees of the Marquess Conyngham Estates, Kent; Christie's London, 16 February 1945, lot 54 (sold to Weil).

Literature

A. Blankert, Kunst als regeringszaak in Amsterdam in de 17e eeuw. Rondom schilderijen van Ferdinand Bol, Lochem, 1975, p. 23, fig. 17, illustrated.
A. Blankert, Ferdinand Bol. 1616-1680. Een leerling van Rembrandt, diss., Utrecht, 1976, p. 69, p. 180, no. 45.
A. Blankert, Ferdinand Bol, Rembrandt's Pupil, Groningen, 1982, p. 48, p. 108, no. 45, fig. 48.
W. Sumowski, Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler, Landau/Pfalz, 1983, I, p. 300, no. 114.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

This is a preliminary study for the picture on canvas and measuring 423 x 284 cm. painted by Bol for the Schepenzaal (Magistrates' Court) in Jacob van Campen's Town Hall - now the Royal Palace - on the Dam Square in Amsterdam. The original, stil in situ in the Royal Palace - is dated 1662 (see comparative illustration).

Photography support illustration: Tom Haartsen.
Copyright: Foundation Royal Palace, Amsterdam.

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