Flight into Egypt (Q120819403)
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painting by Circle of Jan Wellens de Cock (Leiden? c. 1490-before 1527 Antwerp)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Flight into Egypt |
painting by Circle of Jan Wellens de Cock (Leiden? c. 1490-before 1527 Antwerp) |
Statements
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Loeb Collection, Galerie Caldenhoff; Lepke, Berlin, 8 June 1929, lot 16, as 'Netherlandish Master, c. 1520-1530'.with Galerie Stern, Düsseldorf, 1936.Sold under duress due to persecution by the National Socialists.Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, before 1970. Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 26 June 1970, lot 32, as 'Jan de Cock'.Heinz Kisters, Kreuzlingen. Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 9 December 1992, lot 30, as 'South Netherlandish School, 2nd Quarter of the 16th Century'.Private collection, Paris, 1993.Restituted to the Estate of Max Stern, December 2008.Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 2009-2011, on loan. (English)
December 2008
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The Montreal estate of art dealer Max Stern announced Wednesday the return of two paintings Stern lost when forced to sell his collection by the Nazis.Flight into Egypt by the Circle of Dutch master Jan Wellens de Cock (1480-1527) was unveiled publicly in Berlin on Wednesday.The painting, sold by the Dusseldorf art dealer more than 70 years ago, had at one point been in the collection of German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. (English)