Robbers' Cave (or) Norsemen

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Robbers' Cave (or) Norsemen
Robbers' Cave (or) Norsemen
Robbers' Cave (or) Norsemen
TitleRobbers' Cave (or) Norsemen
Artist (American, 1855 - 1919)
Daten.d.
MediumOil on composition board
DimensionsUnframed: 43 3/4 × 34 in.
SignedSigned lower right: "Gilbert Gaul"
Credit LineNational Academy of Design, New York, NY, Gift of William Frederick Havemeyer, 1911
Object number488-P
Label TextIn the June 5, 1911, Council minutes, this work was accepted with the title Robbers' Cave. However, in the listing of the Academy collection published later that year, it is identified as Norsemen. The informal support, hasty execution, and atypical subject for Gaul all suggest that the work was created as an illustration.