Albrecht Bouts Albrecht Bouts, circle of

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Albrecht Bouts

Albrecht Bouts, circle of Face of Christ with the crown of thorns Oil on wood. Diameter 15 cm. Dated 1510 / Dürer monogram lower left. Provenance Lanz Collection, Mannheim. - Lempertz, Cologne, 12.11.1975, lot 206 - Collection Dr. Hinrich Bischoff, Bremen. - North German private collection. Hardly any other Flemish master of his time executed the thorn-crowned face of Christ in close-up view and in a round format as frequently as Aelbert Bouts. These paintings are the direct model for the present small work. Aelbert was a son of the important Dierick Bouts the Elder and brother of Dierick Bouts the Younger. The Dürer monogram is a later addition. A recent examination report by the Laboratory for Art Technological Investigations at the Technical University of Cologne is available.

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