The Holdup

Heinrich Bürkel (German, 1802–1869)
The Holdup, ca. 1853
Oil on canvas
15 1/2 × 18 1/4 in. (39.37 × 46.36 cm)
Gift of the René von Schleinitz Foundation M1962.77
Photo credit: John R. Glembin
The Holdup, ca. 1853
Oil on canvas
15 1/2 × 18 1/4 in. (39.37 × 46.36 cm)
Gift of the René von Schleinitz Foundation M1962.77
Photo credit: John R. Glembin
Currently on View
Publication History
Bisanz, Rudolf M. The René von Schleinitz Collection of the Milwaukee Art Center: Major Schools of German Nineteenth-Century Popular Painting. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Milwaukee Art Center, 1980, p. 64, cat. 16, color illus. p. 25, b/w illus. p. 64.
Strobel, Karl. Die Sammlung v. Schleinitz, Kunst in Volk, no. 3/4 (1968–1969): 80–87, illus. p. 85.
Milwaukee Art Center. Paintings from the Von Schleinitz Collection. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Milwaukee Art Center, 1968, cat. 7, b/w pl. 1.
Probably documented in Buerkel, Luigi von. Heinrich Bürkel, 1802-1869: ein malerleben der biedermeierzeit. Munich: F. Bruckmann, 1940, pp. 146–47, nos. 543, 547, 551, 551, and 553.
Bisanz, Rudolf M. The René von Schleinitz Collection of the Milwaukee Art Center: Major Schools of German Nineteenth-Century Popular Painting. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Milwaukee Art Center, 1980, p. 64, cat. 16, color illus. p. 25, b/w illus. p. 64.
Strobel, Karl. Die Sammlung v. Schleinitz, Kunst in Volk, no. 3/4 (1968–1969): 80–87, illus. p. 85.
Milwaukee Art Center. Paintings from the Von Schleinitz Collection. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Milwaukee Art Center, 1968, cat. 7, b/w pl. 1.
Probably documented in Buerkel, Luigi von. Heinrich Bürkel, 1802-1869: ein malerleben der biedermeierzeit. Munich: F. Bruckmann, 1940, pp. 146–47, nos. 543, 547, 551, 551, and 553.
Exhibition History
Paintings from the von Schleinitz Collection, Milwaukee Art Center, September 13–October 13, 1968.
Paintings from the von Schleinitz Collection, Milwaukee Art Center, September 13–October 13, 1968.
This information is subject to change as the result of ongoing research.