Landscape with Obelisk is an oil on wood painting completed in 1638 by the Dutch artist Govert Flinck, measuring about 54.5 by 71 centimetres and depicting a landscape dominated by an obelisk. Long attributed to Rembrandt, it was formerly held at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts, until it was stolen in the museum's notorious 1990 art theft and remains missing. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Landscape with Obelisk is a painting by Dutch artist Govert Flinck, painted in 1638.
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The oil-on-wood painting measures 54.5 by 71 centimetres (21.5 in × 28.0 in).
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Whereabouts unknown since the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft in 1990
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Landscape with Obelisk is a painting by Dutch artist Govert Flinck, painted in 1638.
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Landscape with Obelisk is a painting by Dutch artist Govert Flinck, painted in 1638. The oil-on-wood painting measures 54.5 by 71 centimetres (21.5 in × 28.0 in). It was formerly attributed to Rembrandt. The painting hung in the I
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Landscape with Obelisk is a painting by Dutch artist Govert Flinck, painted in 1638.
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