The Explosion of the Powder Magazine in Delft, 1654

Artist: Egbert Lievensz van der Poel (Dutch, 1621–1664)

ca. 1654

European Art

Not on view
Medium

Oil on panel

Dimensions

12 3/16 × 18 1/8 in. (31 × 46 cm)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dr. Herbert and Monika Schaefer

Accession Number

2020.37.30

Geography

Delft, Netherlands

Culture

Dutch

Period

17th century

Classification

Paintings

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Private collection [see note 1]; sale, Christie’s, London, December 13, 1991, lot 208; sold to Agnew’s, London, December 13, 1991 (stock no. B1870); sold to Monika Schaefer (née Winter, died 2019) and Dr. Herbert Schaefer (1910–2011), Malaga, Spain, December 18, 1991 [see note 3] (on loan to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1993–2019, ILE1993.1.3); bequeathed to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2019

Note 1: According to Christie’s sale catalogue (1991), the painting was consigned from “The Property of a Gentleman.”

Note 2: Letter from Richard Kingzett, Agnew’s, London, to the Gallery, July 2, 2001, copy in The Schaefer Collection-Curatorial Research File, Department of European Art

Note 3: Invoice of Sale, Agnew’s, London, to Dr. Herbert Schaefer, Malaga, Spain, December 18, 1991, Yale University Art Gallery Archives, Herbert and Monika Schaefer Collection, Box 1, Folder 43: Egbert van der Poel

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Bibliography
  • Christie's London, London, The Property of a Gentleman, sale cat. (December 13, 1991), no. lot 208
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Signed

E van der Poel (signed, lower left)

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