Lot 14: Circle of Quentin Massys (Leuven 1466-1530 Kiel, near Antwerp)

Circle of Quentin Massys (Leuven 1466-1530 Kiel, near Antwerp) The Lamentation inscribed 'IN HOC APPARVIT CHARITAS DEI IN NOBIS QVONIA FILIV / SVVM VNIGENITVM MISIT IN MVNDVM VT VIVAMVS PER EVM.' (lower centre) oil on panel 26 1/8 x 20 ¼ in. (66.5 x 51.5 cm.)

66.5 x 51.5 cm.

J.P. Zimmermann, Wiesbaden mit seinen Umgebungen, Wiesbaden, 1826. Invetory of the Nassauischen Kunstvereins, 1833, no. 7, as 'Quintin Messis der Hufschmied von Antwerpen genannt, Maria umarmt im Gefühl des höchsten Schmerzes den Leichnam Christi'.

Johann Isaak von Gerning (1767-1837), Frankfurt am Main, from whom acquired in 1824 by the State of Nassau for the Ducal collection, and recorded in their inventory by 1833, and on view in the Erbprinzenpalais, Wilhelmstrasse, Wiesbaden, and shown in the Nassauischer Kunstverein, 1854. Königlich preussische Gemäldegalerie, Erbprinzenpalais, Wiesbaden, 1866. with Heinemann, Wiesbaden, September 1937. Art market, Wiesbaden, where acquired in 1957 by the grandfather of the present owner.