Lot 217: Circle of Jan Wellens de Cock (Leiden? c. 1490-before 1527 Antwerp)

Circle of Jan Wellens de Cock (Leiden? c. 1490-before 1527 Antwerp)
The Flight into Egypt
oil on panel
18 7/8 x 13¼ in. (48 x 33.7 cm.)

On loan to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 2009-2011.

H. Kisters, Adenauer als Kunstsammler, Munich, 1970, p. 104.

Loeb Collection, Galerie Caldenhoff; Lepke, Berlin, 8 June 1929, lot 16, as 'Netherlandish Master, c. 1520-1530'.
with Galerie Stern, Düsseldorf, 1936.
Sold under duress due to persecution by the National Socialists.
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, before 1970. Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 26 June 1970, lot 32, as 'Jan de Cock'.
Heinz Kisters, Kreuzlingen. Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 9 December 1992, lot 30, as 'South Netherlandish School, 2nd Quarter of the 16th Century'.
Private collection, Paris, 1993.
Restituted to the Estate of Max Stern, December 2008.
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 2009-2011, on loan.

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF MAX STERN

Circle of Jan Wellens de Cock (Leiden? c. 1490-before 1527 Antwerp)
The Flight into Egypt
oil on panel
18 7/8 x 13¼ in. (48 x 33.7 cm.)