GIOVANNI AMBROGIO DE PREDIS (ACTIVE MILAN, C. 1472-1508)

GIOVANNI AMBROGIO DE PREDIS (ACTIVE MILAN, C. 1472-1508)
Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length, viewed in profile
tempera on panel
18 ½ x 12 in. (46.2 x 30.4 cm.)

Provenance
David Bernhard Hausmann (1784-1874), Hanover, by 1831 (inv. no. 92), as Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio (included in his collection inventory of 1831 and his collection label on the reverse of the panel), and by whom sold to,
George V (1819-1878), King of Hanover, 2nd Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, by 1857, as Boltraffio (included in his 1857 inventory and his royal cypher on the reverse), and presumably by descent to his son,
(Probably) Ernst August (1845-1923), Crown Prince of Hanover, 3rd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, and by whom presumably put on deposit with the following,
Provinzialmuseum, Hanover, by 1898 (inv. no. 45), as Boltraffio and later as Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis, and possibly by descent to his son,
(Possibly) Ernst August Christian Georg (1887-1953), Duke of Brunswick.
with Matthiesen Gallery, Berlin, 17 April 1926, and by whom consigned to the below,
with Paul Cassirer, Berlin, until 14 December 1927, when returned to Matthiesen Gallery, Berlin.
Friedrich 'Fritz' Thyssen (1873-1951), probably before 1931, and from whom confiscated by the Nazis in 1939.
Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne, inv. no. 173 (label on the reverse), 1940, but stored for safekeeping at the Castle Gaibach, where recovered by the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section, and by whom transferred to, Munich Central Collecting Point (Munich No. 20069), 20 February 1946, as ‘Ambrosio de Predis’.
Restituted to Fritz Thyssen, 26 November 1955, thence by descent within the family to the present owner.