LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on panel

Measurements:

49.76 in. (126.40 cm.) (height) by 28.86 in. (73.30 cm.) (width)

Exhibited:

London, Society of British Artists, 1832-35, no. 34, as a pair with the wing 'Christ appearing to the Virgin'.

Literature:

P. Pieper, 'Die Sammlung Heinz Kisters', Kunstchronik, XVI, August 1963, p. 209, as 'close to the Rogier van der Weyden workshop'. L. Campbell, The Fifteenth Century Netherlandish Paintings, London, 1998, pp. 447-48, under no. NG 1086, fig. 1.

Provenance:

Karl Aders (1780-1846), Germany, sold in the following as Charles Aders; E. Foster & Son, London, 1 August 1835, lot 75, as 'Jan van Scorel'. Trustees of the Aders Collection; Christie's, London, 26 April 1839, lot 22, as 'Jan van Scorel', when acquired for 17 gns. by, Jean-Louis Lemmé (d. 1865). Anonymous sale; Theodor Fischer Galerie, Lucerne, 27 July 1926, lot 163, as 'Antwerp Master, 1520'.