Saint Damian (or Cosmas)

attributed to Bartolommeo Vivarini, 1465 - 1480

Halffiguur van de heilige Damianus (of misschien Cosmas) in de hand een ronde zalfdoos. Pendant van SK-A-4235.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-4012
  • Dimensionsheight 45.5 cm x width 32 cm, depth 10 cm
  • Physical characteristicstempera on panel

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Saint Damian (or Cosmas)

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-4012

  • Description

    Halffiguur van de heilige Damianus (of misschien Cosmas) in de hand een ronde zalfdoos. Pendant van SK-A-4235.

Creation

  • Creation

    painter: attributed to Bartolommeo Vivarini

  • Dating

    1465 - 1480

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    tempera on panel

  • Dimensions

    • height 45.5 cm x width 32 cm
    • depth 10 cm

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection Prof. Dr Otto Lanz (1865-1935), Amsterdam, 1906;{Amsterdam 1906a, p. 13, no. 8.} 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, 4 December 1945 (inv. no. NK 2362);{Provenance from 1934 to 1945 reconstructed by Ekkart et al. 2006; MCCP website, file card no. 4139.} on loan from the DRVK to the museum, 1952 (inv. no. SK-C-1438); transferred to the museum, 1960

  • Remarks

    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.

Documentation

    • Berenson, B., Venetian School, I, p. 200, pl.
    • Simonetti, M., La pittura in Italia. Il Quattrocento. Dl. I, 1989
    • Marle, R. van, The development of Italian Schools of Painting, XVIII, 1936, p. 117
    • C. Cavalca, La pala d'altare a Bologna nel Rinascimento, Milaan 2013; p.122, noot 60, en pl.327 entry 12
    • Berenson, B., Italian Pictures of the Renaissance, I, 1937, p. 200-201, afb. 116-117
    • Marle, R. van, La pittura all'esposizione d'arte antica italiana di Amsterdam, in: Bolletino d'Arte, XXVIII, 1935, p. 394, afb. 5
    • The Burlington Magazine, 1978?

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