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Bust of Pope Gregory XIV
attributed to Sebastiano Torrigiani (?–1596), Rome, 1590–1591
- Artwork typebust
- Object numberBK-16937
- Dimensionsheight 31 cm x height 47.6 cm x width 14.6 cm x depth 10.0 cm


Identification
Title
Bust of Pope Gregory XIV
Object type
Object number
BK-16937
Inscriptions / marks
inscription: ‘GRE- XIV’
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Creation
Creation
sculptor: attributed to Sebastiano Torrigiani, Rome
Dating
1590 - 1591
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Dimensions
height 31 cm x height 47.6 cm x width 14.6 cm x depth 10.0 cm
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Provenance
…; collection Mylius, Genoa; collection Kaiserin Friedrich (Victoria Princess Royal of the United Kingdom, 1840-1901), Schloss Friedrichshof near Kronberg; by descent to prince Friedrich Karl von Hessen-Kassel (1868-1940), Schloss Friedrichshof near Kronberg;{For the early provenance, see Note RMA.} …; collection Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, before 1933;{Photo album `Het huis van Dr F. Mannheimer, Amsterdam´, 1928-32, Rijksmuseum, inv. no. B-F-1963-426-28.} from whom, fl. 6,350,000, en bloc, to Artistic & General Securities Ltd. as security for a loan from the Mendelssohn & Co. Bank, but kept in usufruct, 1934;{NHA, 476, RMA Archive, inv. no. 2142, Recapitulatie der geïnventariseerde kunstvoorwerpen van wijlen Dr F. Mannheimer, undated, p. 88, no. Br 45, Artistic no. 5/38; NHA, 233, Arrondissementsrechtbank Amsterdam, inv. no. 1365, ``O.R. 256/1939, Faillissementsdossier: nalatenschap Dr. F. Mannheimer, 28 augustus 1939´´, image 3, page 2.} purchased from Mendelssohn & Co. Bank, en bloc, by the Dienststelle Mühlmann, The Hague, for Adolf Hitler's Führermuseum, Linz, 1940;{Korthals Altes 1974, pp. 21-22.} war recuperation, SNK, 1945;{HNA, SNK Archive, 2.08.42, inv. no. 548.} on loan, with 1,702 other objects, from the DRVK to the museum, 1952;{Note RMA.} transferred to the museum, 1960
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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.
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