Bartholomeus Spranger

Literature

Metzler 19

Provenance

(Probably) Given by the artist to Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (1552-1612), in 1576, inv. no. 879
anonymous sale, Internationales Kunst und Auktionshaus, Berlin, 9 May 1933, nr. 231
with Wolfgang Gurlitt Galerie, Munich, 1962
anonymous sale, Lempertz, Cologne, 18 November 1965, nr. 201
acquired at the above sale by the family of the present owner and restituted to the heirs of Dr. Curt Glaser, October 2017
sale Christie's, London, 7 December 2017, nr. 13

Other works by Bartholomeus Spranger

The Presentation in the Temple
1578-80

Vestal Virgin Tuccia
after 1605

The Holy Family with Infant Saint John the Baptist
c. 1587-88

Saint Sebastian
c. 1601