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Madonna of Humility
Bartolommeo Bulgarini, c. 1353
Madonna dell' Umiltà. Maria zittend op een kussen op de grond, de rechterarm om het staande Christuskind geslagen, een boek in de linkerhand. In de lucht serafijnen. Boven in het paneel een tondo met de buste van Christus, in profiel naar rechts. Waarschijnlijk een paneel van een tweeluik.
- Artwork typepainting
- Object numberSK-A-4002
- Dimensionsheight 57 cm x width 24.5 cm
- Physical characteristicstempera op paneel


Identification
Title(s)
Madonna van de nederigheid
Object type
Object number
SK-A-4002
Description
Madonna dell' Umiltà. Maria zittend op een kussen op de grond, de rechterarm om het staande Christuskind geslagen, een boek in de linkerhand. In de lucht serafijnen. Boven in het paneel een tondo met de buste van Christus, in profiel naar rechts. Waarschijnlijk een paneel van een tweeluik.
Inscriptions / marks
inscription: ‘DEUS IN A[D]IUTORIUM DOMIN[E] AD A[D]IUVANDUM’
Catalogue reference
- F. Russoli, The Berenson collection, Milaan 1934, nr. XVIII
- E.T. Dewald, 'The master of the Ovile madonna', Art Studies (1929) nr. 7, p. 154.
- H. Kiel, 'Aus der Arbeit der Museen : Florenz Instituto Universitario Olandese', Pantheon (1969) nr. 27, p. 337-338.
- E.T. Dewald, 'The master of the Ovile madonna', Art Studies (1923) nr. 1, p. 45.
- Sherwood A. Fehm, 'Notes on the exhibition fo Sienese paintings form Dutch collections', Burlington Magazine (1969), p. 5711-7.
Creation
Creation
- painter: Bartolommeo Bulgarini, Siena
- painter: Meester van San Pietro in Ovile, Siena [rejected attribution]
Dating
c. 1353
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Physical description
tempera op paneel
Material
Dimensions
height 57 cm x width 24.5 cm
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Acquisition and rights
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Provenance
…; sale, Adolf von Beckerath (1834-1915, Berlin), Berlin (Rudolph Lepke), 23 May 1916 sqq., no. 295, as Bartolo di Fredi, to Prof. Dr Otto Lanz (1865-1935), Amsterdam;{Copy RMA.} 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 (inv. no. 3230);{Van Os 1978, p. 167; the Linz inv. no. 3230 is recorded on a label on the reverse of the panel.} war recuperation, SNK, 20 October 1945 (inv. no. NK 2334);{Provenance from 1934 to 1945 reconstructed by Ekkart et al. 2006; MCCP website, file card no. 4516; the Munich Central Collecting Point number 4516 is recorded in blue on the Linz inv. no. label on the reverse of the panel.} on loan from the DRVK to the museum, 1952 (inv. no. SK-C-1428); 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
- F. Russoli, The Berenson collection, Milaan 1934, nr. XVIII
- E.T. Dewald, 'The master of the Ovile madonna', Art Studies (1929) nr. 7, p. 154.
- H. Kiel, 'Aus der Arbeit der Museen : Florenz Instituto Universitario Olandese', Pantheon (1969) nr. 27, p. 337-338.
- E.T. Dewald, 'The master of the Ovile madonna', Art Studies (1923) nr. 1, p. 45.
- Sherwood A. Fehm, 'Notes on the exhibition fo Sienese paintings form Dutch collections', Burlington Magazine (1969), p. 5711-7.
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