Petrus Christus, follower of - Virgin and Child under an arch
Petrus Christus, follower of
Virgin and Child under an arch
Oil on panel. 61 x 43 cm.
The original work by Petrus Christus, the model for this in the upper part slightly cropped composition, is housed in the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest.
In contrast to the Budapest painting, a cardinal's coat of arms has been added to the lower part of the arch on the left of the present composition and a cartouche with a monogram and date on the right: P.P.C. / A° 1441.
Provenance
Stroganoff Collection, St. Petersburg. - Auction Lepke, Berlin, 12 May 1931, lot 17 - Acquired there by Jacques Goudstikker. - Art dealer Jacques Goudstikker, Amsterdam (no. 2719 in Jacques Goudstikker's Black Book). - July 1940 Takeover of the gallery and holdings of Galerie Goudstikker by Hermann Göring and Alois Miedl - 412th Lempertz auction, Cologne, 5 February 1941, lot 23 - Restituted to the heirs of Jaques Goudstikker in July 2022.
Literature
Max J. Friedländer: Altniederländische Malerei, Bd. 1 Die Van Eycks - Petrus Christus, Leiden 1934, p. 151. - Marion Grams-Thieme: Lebendige Steine. Studien zur niederländischen Grisaillemalerei des 15. und frühen 16. Jahrhunderts, Cologne a. Vienna 1988, S. 120-121, Abb. 12 u. 13. - Dagmar Täube: Monochrome Gemalte Plastik. Entwicklung - Verbreitung und Bedeutung eines Phänomens niederländischer Malerei der Gotik (=Kunst. Geschichte und Theorie 19), Essen 1991. – Exh. cat. „Hans Holbein d. Ä. Die Graue Passion in Ihrer Zeit“, Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie, 27.11.2010-20.3.2011, Ostfildern 2010, p. 185.
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Petrus Christus, follower of
Virgin and Child under an arch
Oil on panel. 61 x 43 cm.
The original work by Petrus Christus, the model for this in the upper part slightly cropped composition, is housed in the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest.
In contrast to the Budapest painting, a cardinal's coat of arms has been added to the lower part of the arch on the left of the present composition and a cartouche with a monogram and date on the right: P.P.C. / A° 1441.
Provenance
Stroganoff Collection, St. Petersburg. - Auction Lepke, Berlin, 12 May 1931, lot 17 - Acquired there by Jacques Goudstikker. - Art dealer Jacques Goudstikker, Amsterdam (no. 2719 in Jacques Goudstikker's Black Book). - July 1940 Takeover of the gallery and holdings of Galerie Goudstikker by Hermann Göring and Alois Miedl - 412th Lempertz auction, Cologne, 5 February 1941, lot 23 - Restituted to the heirs of Jaques Goudstikker in July 2022.
Literature
Max J. Friedländer: Altniederländische Malerei, Bd. 1 Die Van Eycks - Petrus Christus, Leiden 1934, p. 151. - Marion Grams-Thieme: Lebendige Steine. Studien zur niederländischen Grisaillemalerei des 15. und frühen 16. Jahrhunderts, Cologne a. Vienna 1988, S. 120-121, Abb. 12 u. 13. - Dagmar Täube: Monochrome Gemalte Plastik. Entwicklung - Verbreitung und Bedeutung eines Phänomens niederländischer Malerei der Gotik (=Kunst. Geschichte und Theorie 19), Essen 1991. – Exh. cat. „Hans Holbein d. Ä. Die Graue Passion in Ihrer Zeit“, Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie, 27.11.2010-20.3.2011, Ostfildern 2010, p. 185.
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