Lot 17: Albert Bouts (Leuven c. 1452/5-1549) and Studio

The outer wings of a triptych: The Baptism of Christ; and Christ and the Woman of Samaria
oil on panel, shaped
30 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (77.5 x 21.6 cm.)
a pair (2)

Berne, Kunstmuseum, on loan, circa 1960s.

M.J. Friedländler, Early Netherlandish Painting, Leyden, 1968, III, pl. 123, no. 110, pp. 75 and 96, as Albert Bouts.

Anonymous sale; Fischer, Lucerne, 23-4 August, 1928, lot 276, as 'Albert Bouts'.
Mme. Anna Abegg-Stockar, Zurich, from at least 1968.
Anonymous sale [The property of a gentleman]; Christie's, London, 31 March 1989, lot 75, as 'The Master of the Embroidered Foliage'.
with Caretto, Turin, 1989, from whom purchased by the present owner.

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