The Master of Frankfurt

Otto Mayer, Berlin (by 1929 at the latest);
Confiscated from the above by the Gestapo in October 1933;
Paul Cassirer Gallery, Amsterdam (1942);
The Generalverwaltung der Oberrheinischen Museen, Straßburg (1942);
Stichting Nederlands Kunstbezit, Holland;
Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague (on loan from the above 1948-1960, transferred to the Mauritshuis in 1960);
Restituted to the Otto Mayer heir from the above in 2011.

F. Winkler, Die Altniederländische Malerei, Die Malerei in Belgien und Holland von 1400-1600, Berlin 1924;
G. J. Hoogewerf, De Noord-Nederlandsche Schilderkunst, vol. 3, The Hague 1939, p. 24;
D. Angulo, 'Saint Christopher by Hieronymous Bosch' in The Burlington Magazine, vol. 76, 1940, p. 3;
A.B. De Vries, 'Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen (Mauritshuis)' in Verslag's Rijks Verzameling Geschiedenis en Kunst, vol. 70,1948, pp. 58-60;
A.B. De Vries, Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis, The Hague 1968, no. 872;
M.J. Friedländer, Early Netherlandish Paintings, vol. VII, Brussels 1971, p. 79, reproduced plate 114, no. 115;
U. Hoff and M. Davies, National Gallery, Melbourne. Primitifs Flamands I, Brussels 1971, p. 4;
G. Benker, Christopherus. Patron der Schiffer, Fuhrleute, und Kraftfahren. Legende, Verehnung, Symbol, Munich 1975, p. 118;
Mauritshuis, The Royal Cabinet of Paintings. Illustrated General Catalogue, The Hague 1977, no. 872;
S. Goddard, The Master of Frankfurt and his Shop, Brussels 1984, p. 162, cat. no. 121, reproduced fig. 21.

The support consists of two vertical panels joined to the reverse with a slight convex bow. The reverse of the panel was once cradled but this has now been removed. The paint surface is secure and generally in good condition under a thick glossy varnish. There are some old scattered in-filled losses visible in the tree trunk on the left and some old retouching work is visible along the panel join. Inspection under UV light is hampered by the varnish but some minor scattered retouchings are evident and the aforementioned work does fluoresce. Offered in a carved wooden frame in good condition, glazed.
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