LUCAS CRANACH THE YOUNGER
Christ as the Man of Sorrows with the Virgin Mary and Saint John
Oil on panel
31.5 x 73 cm
12 3/8 x 28 3/4 in
12 3/8 x 28 3/4 in
Further images
Provenance
Private collection, Munich;
Confiscated from the above on 18 November 1938 and allocated for the Kunstmuseum Linz (inv. 2550);
Recovered by the Monuments Men and sent to the Munich Central Collecting Point (inv. 4273), on 15 July 1945;
Transferred to Wiesbaden on 25 May 1949 and restituted to the heirs of the private collector on 2 December 1949;
By descent in the family;
By whom sold, New York, Sotheby’s, 29 January 2016, lot 425, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
G. Haase, Die Kunstsammlung Adolf Hitler: eine Dokumentation, Berlin 2002, p. 218;
H. C. Löhr, Das Braune Haus der Kunst: Hitler und der "Sonderauftrag Linz": Visionen, Verbrechen, Verluste, Berlin 2005, p. 130, citation no. 9.