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Ferdinand Bol

Also known as: Ferdinand Bol; primary name: Bol, Ferdinand
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; printmaker; Dutch; Male
Life dates: 1616-1680
Biography: Painter; born the son of a surgeon in Dordrecht, Bol may have received his first training there under Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp. Shortly after December 1635, when he signed a document as an independent painter in Dordrecht, he seems to have moved to Amsterdam. There he initially worked in Rembrandt's studio, perhaps as much as an assistant as a pupil. On 30 August 1640, he witnessed a document on Rembrandt's behalf in Amsterdam, where it is thought that he became an independent painter in or by 1641 (when he signed and dated the Sacrifice of Gideon, a painting now in Utrecht, Rijksmuseum 'Het Catharijneconvent'). In 1653 he married Elisabeth Del (d.1660), having obtained Amsterdam citizenship in the previous year, and he became an officer of the local painters' guild in 1655. During these years he was commissioned to produce paintings for the new Town Hall. In 1666 he was a sergeant in an Amsterdam militia company, and other posts of this kind followed. After his second marriage in 1669 to Anna van Arckel, his wealth and social position were enhanced and he seems not to have painted after this date. He died in 1680. Bol's independent works from the 1640s all betray the influence of Rembrandt, although from the 1650s he increasingly worked in an international manner indebted to van der Helst and van Dyck. The degree with which he continued to respond to Rembrandt's work fluctuated, but the influence is difficult to detect after c.1660.
Bibliography: Saur 12, pp.358-360. Hollstein III, pp.15-35 (24 nos).

149 related objects

drawing

Museum number: Gg,2.251 |
Producer name: Drawn by:RembrandtAttributed to:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1640

drawing

Museum number: Oo,10.120 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Arent de GelderFormerly attributed to:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1670-1690

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.168 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Ferdinand BolFormerly attributed to:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1650-1655

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1836,0811.337 |
Producer name: BIOG20089 Drawn by:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1635-1642

drawing

Museum number: 1860,0616.131 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Ferdinand BolFormerly attributed to:Govert Flinck |
Production date: 1631-1680

drawing

Museum number: Oo,10.132 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Ferdinand BolAfter:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1635-1640

drawing

Museum number: Oo,9.102 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Govert FlinckFormerly attributed to:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1637-1640

drawing

Museum number: 1918,0615.9 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Ferdinand BolFormerly attributed to:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1645

drawing

Museum number: 1920,1012.2 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Gerbrand van den EeckhoutFormerly attributed to:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1644

drawing

Museum number: Oo,10.133 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Ferdinand BolAfter:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1635-1640

drawing

Museum number: Oo,10.119 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Constantyn Daniël van RenesseFormerly attributed to:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1650

print

Title: Absalom's submission to his father, King David |
Museum number: 1838,0420.193 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johann Gottfried HaidAfter:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1766

print

Title: Absalom's submission to his father, King David |
Museum number: 1861,1109.24 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johann Gottfried HaidAfter:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1766

print

Museum number: 1870,0625.1151 |
Producer name: After:Ferdinand BolAfter:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1750-1799

print

Title: de Ruyter |
Museum number: 1908,0414.266 |
Producer name: After:Ferdinand BolPublished by:Berlin Photographic Company |
Production date: 1880-1920 |
Production place: Published in:Berlin (city)

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.337 |
Producer name: BIOG20089 Print made by:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1642-1669

print

Museum number: 1859,1210.858 |
Producer name: Print made by:Wilhelm KyhnAfter:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1830-1845

print

Museum number: 1848,0911.230 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ferdinand BolFormerly attributed to:Jan Lievens |
Production date: 1642-1669

print

Museum number: 1909,1011.3 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ferdinand BolFormerly attributed to:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1640-1650

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.12 |
Producer name: BIOG20089 Print made by:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1640-1680

print

Museum number: 1843,0607.85 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ferdinand BolAfter:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1642-1680

print

Museum number: F,6.19 |
Producer name: BIOG43386 Print made by:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1637

print

Title: Karle Du Jardin |
Museum number: Sheepshanks.807 |
Producer name: Print made by:Benjamin Phelps GibbonAfter:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1802-1851

print

Title: Chef Maure Tableaux de premier ordre anciens et modernes comp |
Museum number: 1877,1013.1832 |
Producer name: Print made by:Frédéric LaguillermieAfter:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1880

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.335 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ferdinand BolFormerly attributed to:Jan Lievens |
Production date: 1642-1669

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.401 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pieter RodermondtFormerly attributed to:Richard Gaywood |
Production date: 1639-1660

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.330 |
Producer name: Print made by:Salomon KoninckFormerly attributed to:Constantyn Daniël van Renesse |
Production date: 1624-1659

print

Title: Gemahlin des Maler Govaert Flink Königlich Baierischer Gemälde-Saal zu München und |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1549 |
Producer name: After:Ferdinand BolPrint made by:Wolfgang Flachenecker |
Production date: 1823

print; book-illustration

Title: Admiraal de Ruiter Amiral de Ruiter |
Museum number: 1857,0613.660 |
Producer name: After:Ferdinand BolAfter:Willem van de Velde II |
Production date: 1828

print

Title: Der Urias Brief Die Vorzüglichsten Gemälde der Königlichen Galerie |
Museum number: 1852,1009.485 |
Producer name: Print made by:Franz HanfstänglAfter:Jacob Backer |
Production date: 1836

print

Title: The Repose |
Museum number: 1868,0808.2667 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WardAfter:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Repose |
Museum number: 1874,1010.4 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WardAfter:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Adam BartschAfter:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1803-1810

print

Title: L'historien Galerie Impériale de l'Ermitage |
Museum number: 1859,1008.61 |
Producer name: After:Ferdinand BolPrint made by:Hippolyte Robillard |
Production date: 1845-1847

print

Museum number: F,6.175 |
Producer name: BIOG20089 Print made by:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1643

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.2 |
Producer name: Print made by:Adam BartschAfter:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1803-1808

print

Museum number: W,3.17 |
Producer name: Print made by:Eloy BonnejonneAfter:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1645-1695

print

Museum number: 1981,U.417 |
Producer name: After:Bartholomaus Ignaz WeissAfter:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1775-1800

print

Museum number: F,6.82 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ferdinand BolFormerly attributed to:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1640-1650

print

Museum number: 2010,7081.4254 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas GosseAfter:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 2010,7081.3887 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WardAfter:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1860,0728.650 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas GosseAfter:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Die Reue des heiligen Petrus |
Museum number: 1838,1215.448 |
Producer name: Print made by:Georg Friedrich SchmidtAfter:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1770

print

Title: Die Reue des heiligen Petrus |
Museum number: 1861,1109.258 |
Producer name: After:RembrandtPrint made by:Georg Friedrich Schmidt |
Production date: 1770

print

Museum number: F,6.18 |
Producer name: BIOG43386 Print made by:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1637

print

Museum number: F,6.172 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ferdinand BolFormerly attributed to:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1640-1650

print

Museum number: 1843,0607.176 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ferdinand BolFormerly attributed to:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1640-1650

print

Title: A Collection of Etchings after the Most Eminent Masters of the Dutch and Flemish Schools |
Museum number: 1861,0413.244 |
Producer name: Print made by:David DeucharAfter:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1782-1803 |
Production place: Published in:Edinburgh

print

Title: Pampiere Wereld |
Museum number: 1863,0214.855-940 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gerrit DonckPrint made by:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1644 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print; forgery

Museum number: Sheepshanks.21 |
Producer name: Print made by:Bartholomaus Ignaz WeissFormerly attributed to:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1760-1814

print

Museum number: 1829,0415.7 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ferdinand BolAfter:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1642-1680

print

Museum number: F,5.99 |
Producer name: BIOG20089 Print made by:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1640-1680

print; book-illustration

Title: Martin van Juchen Colonel en Commandeur |
Museum number: S,7.99 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziIntermediary draughtsman:Aart Schouman |
Production date: 1785

print

Title: Le Philosophe Recueil d'estampes gravées d'après les tableaux de |
Museum number: 1871,0812.1543 |
Producer name: Print made by:Lorenzo ZucchiIntermediary draughtsman:Matthias Oesterreich |
Production date: 1754

print

Museum number: F,4.76 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ferdinand BolFormerly attributed to:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1640-1645

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.6 |
Producer name: BIOG20089 Print made by:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1644

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Weary travellers |
Museum number: 1872,1012.6236 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles Louis Victor MauduitAfter:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1840-1847 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: F,6.176 |
Producer name: BIOG20089 Print made by:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1644

print

Title: La Galerie Electorale de Düsseldorf |
Museum number: 1915,0106.30 |
Producer name: After:Ferdinand BolPrint made by:Carl Ernst Hess |
Production date: 1778

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.4 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ferdinand BolFormerly attributed to:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1640-1645

print

Museum number: 1868,0822.703 |
Producer name: BIOG20089 Print made by:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1651

print

Museum number: F,6.171 |
Producer name: BIOG20089 Print made by:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1642

print; book-illustration

Title: Dutch Lady |
Museum number: 1861,1109.23 |
Producer name: After:Ferdinand BolPrint made by:Edward Smith |
Production date: 1832

print

Museum number: F,6.180 |
Producer name: BIOG20089 Print made by:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1644

print

Museum number: 1841,0612.14 |
Producer name: BIOG20089 Print made by:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1651

print

Museum number: F,6.170 |
Producer name: BIOG20089 Print made by:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1638-1645

print

Museum number: 1862,0208.267 |
Producer name: BIOG20089 After:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1650-1700

print

Title: Portrait d'un géomètre Musée Français |
Museum number: 1859,0806.561 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ignaz Sebastian KlauberAfter:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1800-1806

print

Museum number: F,6.179 |
Producer name: BIOG20089 Print made by:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1642

print

Museum number: F,5.76 |
Producer name: Print made by:Isaac De JoudervilleAfter:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1648

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.16 |
Producer name: BIOG20089 Print made by:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1640-1650

print; book-illustration

Title: Martin van Juchen Colonel en Commandeur |
Museum number: S,7.98 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziIntermediary draughtsman:Aart Schouman |
Production date: 1785

print

Museum number: 1843,0607.88 |
Producer name: Print made by:Isaac De JoudervilleAfter:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1648

print; book-illustration

Title: Martin van Juchen Colonel en Commandeur |
Museum number: Mm,1.44 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziIntermediary draughtsman:Aart Schouman |
Production date: 1785

print

Title: La circoncision Galerie du Musée Napoléon |
Museum number: 1856,0308.957 |
Producer name: After:Ferdinand BolPrint made by:Joachim Jan Oortman |
Production date: 1804-1815

print

Museum number: 1861,1109.260 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WardAfter:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1781-1826

print

Museum number: 2010,7081.3888 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WardAfter:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1792

print

Title: Absalom's submission to his father, King David |
Museum number: 1902,1011.2450 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johann Gottfried HaidAfter:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1766

print; book-illustration

Title: The Bride Sketches |
Museum number: 2010,7081.7268 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph Epenetus CoombsAfter:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Repose |
Museum number: 1868,1212.45 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WardAfter:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1843,0607.154 |
Producer name: BIOG43386 Print made by:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1637

print

Museum number: 1848,0911.228 |
Producer name: Print made by:Salomon KoninckFormerly attributed to:Constantyn Daniël van Renesse |
Production date: 1624-1659

print; forgery

Museum number: 1836,0412.3 |
Producer name: Print made by:Bartholomaus Ignaz WeissAfter:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1760-1814

print

Museum number: F,6.178 |
Producer name: BIOG20089 Print made by:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1653

print

Title: Ein Eremit Die Vorzüglichsten Gemälde der Königlichen Galerie |
Museum number: 1853,0409.3 |
Producer name: After:Salomon KoninckPrint made by:Franz Hanfstängl |
Production date: 1838

print

Title: Maler Govaert Flink Königlich Baierischer Gemälde-Saal zu München und |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1538 |
Producer name: After:Ferdinand BolPrint made by:Wolfgang Flachenecker |
Production date: 1823

print

Title: Joseph stellt seinen Vater Jacob dem Pharao vor, v Die Vorzüglichsten Gemälde der Königlichen Galerie |
Museum number: 1852,1009.384 |
Producer name: After:Ferdinand BolPrint made by:Franz Hanfstängl |
Production date: 1838

print

Title: Die heilige Familie auf der Flucht nach Egypten vo Die Vorzüglichsten Gemälde der Königlichen Galerie |
Museum number: 1852,1009.430 |
Producer name: After:Ferdinand BolPrint made by:Franz Hanfstängl |
Production date: 1838

print

Museum number: 1973,U.1549 |
Producer name: BIOG20089 Print made by:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1643

print

Title: Der Traum des Jacob Die Vorzüglichsten Gemälde der Königlichen Galerie |
Museum number: 1852,1009.453 |
Producer name: After:Ferdinand BolPrint made by:Franz Hanfstängl |
Production date: 1838

print; counterproof

Museum number: 1848,0911.134 |
Producer name: BIOG43386 Print made by:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1637

print

Museum number: 1902,0514.734 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard GirlingAfter:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1814-1869

print

Museum number: 1843,0607.2 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van VlietAfter:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1628-1637

print

Museum number: F,6.173 |
Producer name: BIOG20089 Print made by:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1644

print

Museum number: 1859,0806.35 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ferdinand BolFormerly attributed to:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1640-1650

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.334 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ferdinand BolFormerly attributed to:Jan Lievens |
Production date: 1642-1669

print

Title: Chef Maure Tableaux de premier ordre anciens et modernes comp |
Museum number: 1877,1013.1774 |
Producer name: Print made by:Frédéric LaguillermieAfter:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1880 |
Production place: Printed in:Paris (France)

print

Museum number: 1977,0225.5 |
Producer name: BIOG20089 Print made by:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1642

print

Museum number: F,6.88 |
Producer name: Print made by:RembrandtFormerly attributed to:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1635

print

Museum number: 1829,0415.45.+ |
Producer name: Print made by:Ferdinand BolAfter:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1635

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