Attributed to Alvise Vivarini (Venice or Murano 1442/53-1503/5)
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JACQUES GOUDSTIKKER
Attributed to Alvise Vivarini (Venice or Murano 1442/53-1503/5)

The Madonna and Child

Details
Attributed to Alvise Vivarini (Venice or Murano 1442/53-1503/5)
The Madonna and Child
tempera and oil on panel
26½ x 20 in. (67.3 x 51 cm.)
Provenance
Mori, Paris.
with Jacques Goudstikker, Amsterdam, half owned with Rathgeber, Berlin.
Looted by the Nazi authorities, July 1940.
Recovered by the Allies, 1945.
In the custody of the Dutch Government.
Restituted in February 2006 to the heir of Jacques Goudstikker (subject to investigation of the status of the joint ownership);
Marei von Saher, the heir of Jacques Goudstikker, New York, NY (confirmed as sole owner after investigation into the status of the prior joint ownership).
Literature
R. van Marle, The Development of the Italian Schools of Paintings, The Hague, 1935, XVII, p. 487, fig. 292.
F. Heinemann, Giovanni Bellini e i Belliniani, Venice, 1959, no. MB 118.
R. Pallucchini, I Vivarini, Venice, 1962, p. 140.
H.W. Van Os, J.R.J. van Asperen, The Early Venetian Paintings in Holland, Maarssen, 1978, no. 6, figs. 30-34.
Vedere fino in fondo. Risultati di esperienze tecnico-scientifiche condotte su didpinti Veneziani. Florence (Instituto Universitario Olandese di Storia dell’Arte), 1978, pp. 18-20.
A. Conti, “Mostre in fino in fondo”, Prospettiva, XVI, 1979, p. 80.
Chr. Wright, Paintings in Dutch museums. Amsterdam, 1980, p. 20.
J. Steer, Alvise Vivarini. His art and influence, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1982, pp. 185-186.
M. Lucco, “Venezia fra Quattro e Cinquecento”, in Storia dell-l’arte italiana, Turin, 1983, V, p. 456, note 9, pl. 326.
F. Heinemann, Giovanni Bellini e i Belliani, III, Supplemento e ampliamenti, Hildesheim, 1991, no. MB 118.
Old Master paintings. An illustrated summary catalogue. Rijksdienst Beeldende Kunst /The Netherlandish Office for Fine Arts, Zwolle and The Hague, 1992, p. 36, no. 143, ill., as follower of Giovanni Bellini.
D.H. van Wegen and A.A. M. Quik, eds., Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, 1995, p. 177, pl. 86.
C.E. de Jong-Janssen. Catalogue of the Italian Paintings in the Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, 1995, p. 126-127, no. 61, fig. 6.
Exhibited
The Hague, Catalogue de la Collection Goudstikker d’Amsterdam. Exposée dans les locaux du Schilderkundig Genootschap Pulchri Studio, no. 28 La Haye, Novembre 1924, 1924, no. 2, ill.
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Italiaansche kunst in Nederlands bezit, 1934, no. 20.
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