Die Marter der Zehntausend Ritter (The torture of the ten thousand knights)
25.5.1930 - 3.12.1930, Eugene Pelletier estate (collection), Paris, estate
3.12.1930, Hôtel Drouot (auction), Paris, lot. 31, as "Ecole rhénane", reverse: Martyrdom of St Ursula
3.12.1930 - n.d., M. Vinot, Paris, 24000.00 FRF
Whereabouts unknown
n.d. - 26.11.1943, Xaver Scheidwimmer (*1893 Dingolfing, +1980 Munich) (art dealer)
26.11.1943 - 28.11.1952, Julius Böhler art shop (art dealer), Munich
28.11.1952, Fritz Nathan (*1895 Munich, +1972 Zurich) (intermediary), Munich
from 28.11.1952, Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft | Kunsthaus Zürich (Museum), Zurich, purchase, from a contribution by the City of Zurich
The provenance between 1933 and 1945 has not been clearly clarified or has gaps. The available research does not provide any evidence of Nazi-looted art. However, there are indications of Nazi-looted art and/or conspicuous accompanying circumstances. The provenance must be investigated further.
Further information in the online catalogue of the Kunsthaus Zürich: external link
Alfred Stange: Deutsche Malerei der Gotik. Bd. 10. Salzburg, Bayern u. Tirol in der Zeit von 1400 bis 1500, München 1960, S. 121/122, Nr. 201.
Catalogue des Tableaux Anciens. Oeuvres Importantes du Moyen Age et de la Renaissance. Objets d’Art et de haute Curiosité Ivoires, Emaux, Champlevés et Peints de Limoges (…) du Moyen Age, Renaissance, des XVIIe et XVIIIe Siècles Composant la Collection de M. PELLETIER, Aukt.-Kat. Hotel Drouot, Paris, [Paris] 1930, S. 14, Nr. 31.
Kunsthaus Zürich. Gesamtkatalog der Gemälde und Skulpturen, hrsg. von Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft et al., Sammlungskatalog, Ostfildern 2007, S. 26.
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