Saint Cosmas (or Damian)

Saint Cosmas (or Damian)

SK-A-4235

Halffiguur van de heilige Cosmas (of misschien Damianus), in de hand een vierkante zalfdoos. Pendant van SK-A-4012.

painter: attributed to Bartolommeo Vivarini

1460 - 1480

tempera on panel

• depth 5.5 cm
• height 49.5 cm x width 33 cm

Public domain

…; collection Prof. Dr Otto Lanz (1865-1935), Amsterdam, 1934;{Amsterdam 1934, p. 120, no. 411.} his widow, Anna Theresia Elisabeth Lanz - Willi (1870 - 1954), Amsterdam, 1935; from whom, CHF 2,000,000 and fl. 350,000, with xx other paintings, to Hans Posse (1879-1942), for Adolf Hitler’s Führermuseum, Linz, through the mediation of the dealer N. Katz, 1941;{Van Os 1978, p. 167.} war recuperation, SNK, 15 February 1946 (inv. no. NK 1570);{Provenance from 1934 to 1945 reconstructed by Ekkart et al. 2006; MCCP website, file card no. 3739.} probably on loan from the DRVK to the museum, 1952; transferred to the museum, 1960

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

C. Cavalca, 'La pala d'altare a Bologna nel Rinascimento', Milaan 2013, p.122, noot 60 en pl. 327 entry 12

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