Details
Studio of Bartholomäus Bruyn I (Wesel or Cologne 1493-1555 Cologne)
Portrait of Chancellor Balthasar von Kerpen; and Portrait of a lady, his wife
oil on panel, shaped top
each 18 1/8 x 13 ½ inches (46.5 x 34.5 cm.)
(2)a pair
Provenance
Collection Regia, Pinacoteca di Torino, Turin, 1874 (the second only).
Sir Richard Clayton.
Mrs. M.E. Harman; Christie's, London, 25 July 1930, lot 165, as Joos Cleve (1,050 gns. to C. Duits).
with W.E. Duits, London.
with Jacques Goudstikker, Amsterdam, 1930, inv. nos. 2618 and 2619, half owned by W.E. Duits.
Looted by the Nazi authorities, July 1940.
Recovered by the Allies, 1945.
In the custody of the Dutch Government.
Restituted to the heir of Jacques Goudstikker, February 2006.
Literature
Indicazione sommaria dei quadri e capi d'arte della R. Pinacoteca di Torino, Turin, 1874, p. 47, no. 315, as Bartholomäus Bruyn I.
N. Gabrielli, Catalogue la La Galleria sabauda a Torino, Turin, 1959, p. 18, no. 304, p. 50, as '[Bartolomeo di?] Bruyn.
M.J. Friedländer, Early Netherlandish paintings, Leyden, 1972, XIII, no. 244.
Old Master Paintings: An illustrated summary catalogue, Rijksdienst Beeldende Kunst (The Netherlandish Office for the Fine Arts), 1992, p. 60, no. 366.
Exhibited
Amsterdam and Rotterdam Kunstring, Catalogue des Nouvelles Acquisitions de la Collection Goudstikker, 8 November-13 December 1930 and 20 December 1930-3 January 1931, no. 6, fig. 39.
Greenwich, Bruce Museum and New York, The Jewish Museum, Reclaimed: Paintings from the Collection of Jacques Goudstikker, 10 May-7 September 2008 and 12 March-2 August 2009, no. 6B.
Sale Room Notice
Please note this lot is being sold without a reserve.
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