A Lady and Gentleman in Black
| A Lady and Gentleman in Black | |
|---|---|
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| Artist | Rembrandt |
| Year | 1633 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 131.6 cm × 109 cm (51.8 in × 43 in) |
| Location | Unknown since its theft in 1990 from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, US |
A Lady and Gentleman in Black is a painting by the Dutch artist Rembrandt, painted in 1633. The oil-on-canvas painting, measuring 131.6 by 109 centimetres (51.8 in × 42.9 in), depicts a well-dressed husband and wife.[1] The painting hung in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum of Boston, Massachusetts, prior to being one of 13 works stolen from the museum in a 1990 theft.
Provenance
The authorship of the painting has been debated. In 1987, the Rembrandt Research Project (RRP) disattributed the work, considering it a product of the artist's workshop.[2] However, the RRP re-attributed the painting to Rembrandt again in its corpus published in 2015, in which it is called Portrait of a couple in an interior.[3]
Bernard Berenson purchased the painting on behalf of collector Isabella Stewart Gardner.[4]
It hung in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum of Boston, Massachusetts, United States, prior to being stolen on March 18, 1990. Following the theft, the painting has not resurfaced.[5] A reward is offered for the return of the stolen items.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "Rembrandt, A Lady and Gentleman in Black, 1633". Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ^ Boser, Ulrich (2009). The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft. New York: HarperCollins. p. 68. ISBN 978-0-06-145184-3.
- ^ A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings VI: Rembrandt’s Paintings Revisited – A Complete Survey. Ernst van de Wetering. Springer. 2014. ISBN 978-9-4017-9173-1.
- ^ Samuels, Ernest (1 January 1979). Bernard Berenson: The Making of a Connoisseur. Harvard University Press. p. 302. ISBN 978-0-674-06777-6.
- ^ a b "Theft". Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
