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| Keywords: Bernaerd van Orley 010.jpg circle of The Holy Kinship oil panel en 69 2 x 60 4 cm en unknown en PROVENANCE Count Karol Lanckoronski 1848-1933 Vienna with Hal O'Nians London as 'The Master of 1518' from whom purchased by the father of the present owner in 1968 NOTES Formerly ascribed to The Master of 1518 the attribution for the present panel remains open The figure types the richly detailed foreground and the architectural setting are reminiscent of Van Orley's work for instance the Virgin and Child in the Metropolitan Museum New York and indicative of an artist based in Brussels rather than Antwerp However the landscape background is indebted to the work of Joachim Patenir who established his reputation in Antwerp between 1515 and his death in 1524 The fantastic setting in which most prominently a winding road is seen ascending to a monastery on a rocky outcrop relates closely to the landscape in Patenir's Virgin and Child in the Gemaeldegalerie Berlin After the Second World War the restituted collection returned for a short time to Vienna; part of it - including the present picture - was subsequently sold whilst most of the remainder were moved to Schloss Hohenems in Voralberg only to be destroyed by a fire in 1946 The surviving part comprising more than eighty Italian Old Masters was gifted to Poland in 1994 by the descendants of Count Lanckoronski where it is divided between Wawel Castel Cracow and the Royal Castle Warsaw Sold in 2002 at Christie's in London for £19 120 from an estimate £15 000 - £25 000 Christie's online 3957110 1492-1542 PD-old-100 Other versions DEFAULTSORT Orley circle Holy Kinship Lanckoroński Collection Bernard van Orley circle | ||||
