We would like to thank Bozena Anna Kowalczyk for writing the description of this painting and for her help in identifying the painter. Anchise Tempestini has also confirmed that the painting belongs to the artist's body of work/ Nous tenons à remercier Bozena Anna Kowalczyk pour avoir rédigé la description de ce tableau et pour son aide dans l'identification du peintre. Anchise Tempestini nous a également confirmé l'appartenance de l'oeuvre au corpus de l'artiste
Collection
Count Hubert Ludwig de la Fontaine and d'Harnoncourt-Unverzagt (1789-1846) (as
indicated on a label at the verso), from 1826 at Hrotovice Castle, Trebic,
Czech Republic; purchased in 1836 with the entire collection and the castle by
Georg Simon von Sina (1783-1856); transferred in about 1847 by his son Simon
Sina to Mysliborice Castle, Trebic, Czech Republic, which had been bought in
1845 by his father (it appears in an undated inventory, under no. 438, as
"Bild no. 339 Christus"); by inheritance, in 1876, to Simon's
daughter Iphigenie Sina (1847-1914), Duchess of Castries, who in 1882 sold
Hrotovice and Mysliborice for 2,400,000 gold coins to Baron Anton Dreher of
Schwechat; Mysliborice Castle, 1885 (inventory 1886-1891, "Bild no. 339
Christus"; inventory 1921, room 9, no. 216, "44 x 50, back no. 112
and 25 D'H[arnoncourt], front no. 339, Christ with the Cross, oil on oak
[sic!]. panel, second half of the 16th century"); Antiqua auction sale,
Prague, 1921, no. 12 ("Italian Master of the 16th century"); UK Private Collection
A detailed description of this painting is available in the "selected artists" section.