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HERRI MET DE BLES (BOUVINES C.1510-AFTER 1550 ANTWERP)
A river landscape with Saint Christopher carrying the Christ Child, guided by a hermit with a lantern on the shore
oil on panel, diamond shaped
113⁄4 x 113⁄4 in. (29.8 x 29.8 cm.)
Provenance
with Galerie dr. Benedict & Co., Berlin.
with Paul Cassirer and Hugo Helbing, Munich, by 1926.
Baron Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza (1875-1947), Schloss Rohoncz, by 1929, and by inheritance to the present owner.Literature
Max. J. Friedländer, Die altniederländische Malerei, Leiden, 1936, XIII, p. 148, no. 79.
R. Heinemann, ed. Sammlung Schloss Rohoncz, Lugano, 1937; and 1958, no. 34.
R. Heinemann, The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Lugano, 1969, no. 31, p. 36.
R. Heinemann, The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Lugano, 1971, no. 31, p. 40.
M. J. Friedländer, Early Netherlandish Painting: Antonis Mor and his Contemporaries, Leiden, 1975, XIII, p. 80, no. 79, pl. 41.
C. Eisler, The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection. Early Netherlandish Painting, Castagnola-Lugano, 1989, pp. 252-255, no. 40, illustrated.Exhibited
Munich, Neue Pinakothek, Sammlung Schloss Rohoncz, Plastik und Gewebe, 1930, no. 26.
Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, on long-term loan from 1992, inv. no. 1992.2.Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
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