Lot 21: Bartholomäus Bruyn I (Wesel or Cologne 1493-1555 Cologne)

Bartholomäus Bruyn I (Wesel or Cologne 1493-1555 Cologne) The Adoration of the Shepherds; and Saints Michael and Ursula oil on panel 35½ x 23¼ in. (90.2 x 59.1 cm.) two (2)

Cologne, Kölnischer Kunstverein, October-November 1927, nos. 245 and 246. Cologne, Wallfraf-Richartz Museum, Barthel Bruyn 1493-1555. Gesamtverzeichnis seiner Bildnisse und Altarwerke: Gedächtnisausstellung aus Anlass seines vierhundertsten Todsjahres, June-August 1955, nos. 157 and 158.

H.-J. Tümmers, Die Altarbilder des Älteren Bartholomäus Bruyn: mit einem kritischen Katalog, Cologne, 1964, nos. A56 and A57.

Rosenbaum collection, 1926. Geheimrat Ottmar Strauss, Cologne, by 1927; his forced sale, Hugo Helbing, Frankfurt, 21-24 May 1935, lot 75. Private collection, Germany, and by descent; Restituted to the heirs of Ottmar Strauss, July 2013. The present work is being offered for sale pursuant to a settlement agreement between the consignor and the heirs of Geheimrat Ottmar Strauss. This resolves any dispute over ownership of the work and title will pass to the buyer.