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St. Christopher
Lost Art-ID
518708
Artist / Creator
Baldung, Hans
Birth
1484.07/1485.07, Schwäbisch Gmünd? / Weyersheim (Straßburg)?
Death
1545.09, Straßburg
Place of activity
Freiburg im Breisgau; Nürnberg
Title
St. Christopher
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Ink (China) ; Paper / drawn (pen-and-ink drawing)
Height
24.00 cm
Width
20.70 cm
Description
Watermark: bullhead. Bears a false Dürer monogram in the folds of St. Christopher's garment Inscription on verso: “nr. 13” Exhibitions: Albertina, Vienna, Hans Baldung Grien: Ausstellung im 450 Geburtsjahr des Meisters, Spring 1935 (Nr. 1); The Royal Academy, London, Drawings by Old Masters, 1953 (Nr. 212; The Arts Council, London, Old Master Drawings from the Collection of Mr. C. R. Rudolf, 1962 (Nr. 160, pl. 28 as South German, ca. 1500).
Literature: Otto Benesch, Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für verfielfältige Kunst, Vienna, 1932, LV, p. 8, fig. 7; Fritz Lugt, Les Marques de Collections etc., p. 66, Nrs. 377-78.
Provenance
Formerly in the collections of David Bernhard Hausmann and W. Hauth. C.G. Boerner, Leipzig in 1879; Collection Dr. Arthur Feldmann; Sotheby’s London on October 16, 1946 (lot 40) as South German School, early 16th century to Fenouil; C.R. Rudolf; Sotheby’s London, May 21, 1963 (lot 23) as by Jörg Breu to Colnaghi, London; Purchased on July 1, 1964 by Paul Bernat
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Contact
Please contact the German Lost Art Foundation.
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