WORKSHOP OF HANS MEMLING (SELINGENSTADT 1430 / 40-1494 BRUGES) Th...
WORKSHOP OF HANS MEMLING (SELINGENSTADT 1430 / 40-1494 BRUGES)
The Virgin and Child with music-making angels, known as The Béthune Madonna
oil on panel, unframed
24 ¼ x 20 ¼ in. (61.7 x 51.4 cm.)
Provenance
Acquired by the de Béthune family by the early 16th century (according to family tradition), and by descent within the family to
Jean Baptiste Joseph de Béthune, (b. 1722) and by descent to
Jean Baptiste Antoine de Béthune (1757-1791), Lille, and by descent to
Baron Félix Antoine Joseph de Béthune (1789-1880), Courtrai, and by descent to
Baron Léon Marie Joseph Sidoine Corneille de Béthune (1864-1907), Aalst, by 1902, and by descent to his daughter,
Ghislaine Lippens (1889-1969), née de Béthune, Brussels, by 1939, and by descent to the present owners.
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WORKSHOP OF HANS MEMLING (SELINGENSTADT 1430 / 40-1494 BRUGES)
The Virgin and Child with music-making angels, known as The Béthune Madonna
oil on panel, unframed
24 ¼ x 20 ¼ in. (61.7 x 51.4 cm.)
Provenance
Acquired by the de Béthune family by the early 16th century (according to family tradition), and by descent within the family to
Jean Baptiste Joseph de Béthune, (b. 1722) and by descent to
Jean Baptiste Antoine de Béthune (1757-1791), Lille, and by descent to
Baron Félix Antoine Joseph de Béthune (1789-1880), Courtrai, and by descent to
Baron Léon Marie Joseph Sidoine Corneille de Béthune (1864-1907), Aalst, by 1902, and by descent to his daughter,
Ghislaine Lippens (1889-1969), née de Béthune, Brussels, by 1939, and by descent to the present owners.
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