Landscape with Obelisk explained

Landscape with Obelisk
Artist:	Govert Flinck
Year:	1638
Type:	Oil on wood
Height Metric:	54.5
Width Metric:	71
Metric Unit:	cm
Imperial Unit:	in
Museum:	Whereabouts unknown since the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft in 1990

Landscape with Obelisk is a painting by Dutch artist Govert Flinck, painted in 1638. The oil-on-wood painting measures 54.5x.^[1] It was formerly attributed to Rembrandt.^[2] The painting hung in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum of Boston, Massachusetts, United States, prior to being stolen in 1990.

Provenance

The painting hung in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum of Boston, Massachusetts, prior to being stolen on March 18, 1990.^[3] The painting has not resurfaced. A $5 million reward, since doubled to $10 million, is offered for the return of the stolen items.^[4]

See also

• Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft
• List of stolen paintings

Notes and References

1. Web site: Landscape with Obelisk, 1638 (oil on wood) . Bridgeman Images . 20 August 2014.
2. Book: Vigderman, Patricia. The Memory Palace of Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Hol Art Books. 978-1-936102-24-2. 151.
3. News: Stolen Art and the F.B.I. . The New York Times . November 18, 2005 . 20 August 2014.
4. Web site: The Gardner Museum Theft . Federal Bureau of Investigation . 20 August 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130801225923/http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2013/march/reward-offered-for-return-of-stolen-gardner-museum-artwork/reward-offered-for-return-of-stolen-gardner-museum-artwork . 1 August 2013 .