Bartholomeus Spranger
Mercury Carries Psyche to Mount Olympus
c. 1576-7793 x 132 cm
Oil on canvas
Sale Christie's, London, 7 December 2017
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 Toilette of Venus and Vulcan
1607
1607
Landscape with Mountains and Religious Hermit
c. 1569-70
c. 1569-70
The Presentation in the Temple
1578-80
1578-80
Venus and Adonis
c. 1590
c. 1590
Vestal Virgin Tuccia
after 1605
after 1605