Bust of Saint Mary (formerly entitled Madonna)

Bust of Saint Mary (formerly entitled Madonna)

SK-A-4004

Madonna. Buste van Maria, iets naar links gewend, tegen een gouden achtergrond. Met geïntegreerde lijst.

painter: Lorenzo Monaco

c. 1381 - c. 1425

tempera on panel

height 36.1 cm x width 28.9 cm x thickness 4.3 cm

Public domain

…; collection Certosa di Galluzo, Florence;{Van Os/Bisanz-Prakken 1974, p. 74, no. 38.}…; the dealer G. Brauer, Nice, 1910;{The name Brauer is recorded in ink on a Chenue label on the reverse of the panel.} …; collection Prof. Dr Otto Lanz (1865-1935), Amsterdam, 1935; his widow Anna Theresia Elisabeth Lanz - Willi (1870 - 1954), Amsterdam, 1935; from whom, CHF 2,000,000 and fl. 350,000, with xx other paintings, to Hans Posse (1879-1942), for Adolf Hitler’s Führermuseum, Linz, through the mediation of the dealer N. Katz, 1941;{Van Os 1978, p. 167.} war recuperation, SNK, 15 February 1946 (inv. no. NK 2339);{Provenance from 1910 to 1945 reconstructed by Ekkart et al. 2006; MCCP website, file card no. 3821; the Munich Central Collecting Point number 3821 is recorded in blue on the reverse of the panel.} on loan from the DRVK to the museum, 1952 (inv. no. SK-C-1430); transferred to the museum, 1960

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

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