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Meindert Hobbema (artist)
Dutch, 1638 - 1709
The Travelers, 166[2?]
oil on canvas
overall: 101 x 145 cm (39 3/4 x 57 1/16 in.)
Widener Collection
1942.9.31
Not on View
From the Tour: Dutch Landscapes and Seascapes of the 1600s
Object 4 of 8

1829Smith, John. A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish and French Painters. 9 v ols. London, 1829-1842: 9(1842):727, no. 25.
1834Nieuwenhuys, Charles J. A Review of the Lives and Works of Some of the Most Eminent Painters. London, 1834: 147-149.
1839Héris, Henri. "Sur la Vie et les Ouvrages de Meindert Hobbema," 5-7. In La Renaissance: Chronique des Arts et de la Littérature 54 (1839): 5-7, repro.
1839Koppius, P. A. "Meindert Hobbema." Drentsche Volksalmanak 3 (1839): 114-128, repro., as dated 1662.
1854Jervis, Lady Jervis White. Paintings and Celebrated Painters, Ancient and Modern. 2 vols. London, 1854: 2:225.
1859Thoré, Théophile E. J. (William Bürger). "Hobbema." Gazette des Beaux-Arts 4 (October 1859): 28-44.
1861Blanc, Charles. "Hobbema." In Histoire des peintres de toutes les écoles: Ecole Hollandaise. Paris, 1861-1876: 12 pages.
1864Scheltema, P. "Meindert Hobbema: Quelques Renseignements sur ses Oeuvres et sa Vie." Gazette des Beaux-Arts 16 (March 1864): 214-226.
1885Widener 1885-1900, 2:no. 212, repro.
1891Cundall, Frank. The Landscape and Pastoral Painters of Holland: Ruisdael, Hobbema, Cuijp, Potter. London, 1891: 157.
1907Hofstede de Groot, Cornelis. A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century.... 8 vols., translated from the German edition. London, 1907-1917: 4(1912):385-386, no. 94, 387-388, no. 100.
1913Widener 1913, unpaginated, repro.
1923Paintings in the Collection of Joseph Widener at Lynnewood Hall. Intro. by Wilhelm R. Valentiner. Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, 1923 (unpaginated) unpaginated, repro.
1927Rosenberg, Jakob. "Hobbema." Jahrbuch der Preussischen Kunstsammlungen 48 (1927): 139-151.
1931Paintings in the Collection of Joseph Widener at Lynnewood Hall. Intro. by Wilhelm R. Valentiner. Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, 1931: 78, repro.
1937Roos, Frank J., Jr. An Illustrated Handbook of Art History. New York, 1937: 183, repro.
1938Broulhiet, Georges. Meindert Hobbema (1638-1709).... Paris, 1938: 71, 381, no. 32, repro., as after Ruisdael, dated 1664.
1942Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 5.
1948Paintings and Sculpture from the Widener Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1948 (reprinted 1959): 59, repro.
1959Stechow, Wolfgang. "The Early Years of Hobbema." Art Quarterly 22 (Spring 1959): 3-18.
1965Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 68.
1968European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 60, repro.
1975European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 176, repro.
1981Schmidt, Winfried. Studien zur Landschaftskunst Jacob van Ruisdael: Frühwerke und Wanderjahre. Hildesheim and New York, 1981: 156, 198, note 192.
1985European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 203, repro.
1987Sutton, Peter C. Masters of 17th-Century Dutch Landscape Painting. Exh. cat. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Philadelphia Museum of Art. Boston, 1987: 350.
1995Wheelock, Jr., Arthur K. Dutch Paintings of the Seventeenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1995: 113-117, color repro. 115.

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