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John Osmaston, Osmaston Manor, Derbyshire, by 1879.[1] Alfred Brown, Brighton, by 1906.[2] Mrs. M. A. T. Slark; (sale, Christie's, London, 25 June 1948, no. 67, as by Jan van Eyck); acquired by (David M. Koetser Gallery, New York, London, and Zurich).[3] (M. Knoedler & Co., New York, by 1950); purchased 1952 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1961 to NGA.

[1] John Osmaston is listed as owner in Exhibition of Works by the Old Masters and by Deceased Masters of the British School, London, Royal Academy of the Arts, 1879, no. 218 (as Jan van Eyck).

[2] Alfred Brown is listed as owner in Exhibition of Works by Flemish and Modern Belgian Painters, London, Art Gallery of the Corporation of London (Guildhall), 1906, no. 4 (as John van Eyck).

[3] Seller and buyer per annotated auctioneer catalogue, Christie's Archive, London.

Exhibition History

1879
Exhibition of Works by the Old Masters and by Deceased Masters of the British School, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1879, no. 218, as Jan van Eyck.
1906
Exhibition of Works by Flemish and Modern Belgian Painters, Art Gallery of the Corporation of London [Guildhall], 1906, no. 4, as John van Eyck.
1950
Art of the Middle Ages, The Denver Art Museum, 1950-1951, no cat., as Dirck Bouts.

Bibliography

1906
Friedländer, Max J. "Die Leihausstellung in der Guildhall zu London, Sommer 1906, Hauptsächlich niederländische Bilder des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts." Repertorium für Kunstwissenschaft 29 (1906): 574.
1906
Weale, W. H. James. "Netherlandish Art at the Guildhall. Part 1." The Burlington Magazine 9 (1906): 186.
1924
Friedländer, Max J. Die altniederländische Malerei 14 vols. 1924-1937. Berlin, 1925: 3:106, no. 7, pl. 12. (English ed., 14 vols., 1967-1976. Leiden, 1968: 3:no. 7, pl. 13.)
1929
Fierens, Gevaert, and Paul Fierens. Histoire de la peinture flamande des origines à la fin du XVe siècle. 3 vols. Paris and Brussels, 1929: 3:18.
1932
Baldass, Ludwig. "Die Entwicklung des Dirk Bouts. Eine Stilgeschichtliche Untersuchung." Jahrbuch des kunsthistorisches Sammlung in Wien N. F. 6 (1932): 93
1938
Schöne, Wolfgang. Dieric Bouts und seine Schule. Berlin and Leipzig, 1938: 41, 170, no. 54, pl. 72a.
1950
Bach, Otto Karl. "Art of the Middle Ages." Denver Art Museum Quarterly (Winter 1950): 7-8, repro.
1956
Paintings and Sculpture from the Kress Colllection Acquired by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation 1951-56. Introduction by John Walker, text by William E. Suida and Fern Rusk Shapley. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1956: 42, no. 12, repro., as by Dirck Bouts.
1959
Paintings and Sculpture from the Samuel H. Kress Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1959: 282, repro., as by Dirck Bouts.
1964
Winkler, Friedrich. Das Werk des Hugo van der Goes. Berlin, 1964: 254, fig. 200.
1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 19, as by Bouts.
1968
European Paintings and Sculpture: Illustrations (Companion to the Summary Catalogue, 1965). Washington, 1968: 12, no. 1618, repro., as by Bouts.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue (National Gallery of Art). Washington, 1975: 44-45, no. 1618, repro, as by Dirck Bouts.
1977
Eisler, Colin. Paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: European Schools Excluding Italian. Oxford, 1977: 54, fig. 56, as Donor Portrait by Circle of Dieric Bouts.
1977
Pope-Hennessy, John. "Completing the Account." Review of Colin Eisler, Paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Collection, London 1977. Times Literary Supplement no. 3927 (17 June 1977).
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. New and Revised Edition. Washington, 1984: 125, no. 110, color repro., as by Dirk Bouts.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 66, repro.
1986
Hand, John Oliver and Martha Wolff. Early Netherlandish Painting. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1986: 25-26, repro. 24.

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