Signature
inscr. u. c. white coat of arms with diagonal bar in red and gold
Inscriptions
u. l. in blue: JB8110; u. c. label Kunsthaus Zürich, b. l. label with inventory number
Provenance
- Ulrich Mair von Kempten (*1468 bezeugt in Kempten, +1501 letzte Erwähnung in Meran) (Künstler/-in)
- Verbleib unbekannt
- wohl, o.D. – 25.5.1930, Eugene Pelletier (+1930) (Sammler/-in), ParisProcès-verbal de la vente du 03/12/1930 administrée par Me Hémard, S. 1, Archives de Paris, D126E3 7; Auktion Hôtel Drouot 3.12.1930, Lot 31.
- 25.5.1930 – 3.12.1930, Nachlass Eugene Pelletier (Sammlung), Paris, NachlassWie oben Fussnote 3.
- 3.12.1930, Hôtel Drouot (Auktion), Paris, Lot 31, als "Ecole rhénane", Rückseite: Martyrium der Heiligen UrsulaAuktion Hotel Drouot 1930, Lot 31.
- 3.12.1930 – o.D., M. Vinot, Paris, Kauf, 24000.00 FRFProcès-verbal de la vente du 03/12/1930 administrée par Me Hémard, Archives de Paris, D126E3 7, S. 2 ; Gazette de l’Hôtel Drouot, 06.12.1930.
- Verbleib unbekannt
- o.D. – 26.11.1943, Xaver Scheidwimmer (*1893 Dingolfing, +1980 München) (Kunsthändler/-in), MünchenZI München/Photothek, Archiv Julius Böhler, Karteisystem München, M_43-0145, S. 1.
- 26.11.1943 – 28.11.1952, Kunsthandlung Julius Böhler (Kunsthandel), München, KaufWie oben Fussnote 8; ZKG/KHZ Inventarbuch Slg.; Sitzungsprotokoll der Sammlungskommission, 28.11.1952, S. 3, Archiv ZKG/KHZ, 10.30.10.42a; Schreiben von Julius Böhler an René Wehrli, 17.11.1952, Archiv ZKG/KHZ, Eingehende Korrespondenz Sammlung, 10.30.30.309.
- 28.11.1952, Fritz Nathan (*1895 München, +1972 Zürich) (Vermittler/-in), MünchenWie oben Fussnote 8.
- ab 28.11.1952, Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft | Kunsthaus Zürich (Museum), Zürich, Kauf, 6'779 CHFSitzungsprotokoll der Sammlungskommission, wie oben Fussnote 9.
Provenance category
indications of being looted art
Provenance category (FOC)
C – The provenance from 1933 to 1945 has not been conclusively clarified; gaps in the ownership history remain. According to current research, there is no evidence of Nazi-looted art. There are, however, implications of Nazi-looted art and / or conspicuous circumstances.
Literature (provenance)
- Catalogue des Tableaux Anciens Oeuvres Importantes du Moyen Age et de la Renaissance. Objets d’Art et de haute Curiosité: Ivoires, Emaux, Champlevés et Peints de Limoges […] du Moyen Age, Renaissance, des XVIIe et XVIIIe Siècles. Composant la Collection de M. Pelletier, Hotel Drouot, Paris, 03. Dezember 1930, Lot 31.
About the provenance
«Die Marter der Zehntausend Ritter» was acquired for the Kunsthaus Zürich in 1952 from the Munich art dealership of Julius Böhler. The dealer’s archives record that there were originally two altar panels, which were separated between 1930 and 1943. Böhler acquired both of them in 1943 from Xaver Scheidwimmer, who ran an art dealership in Munich along with his brother Jakob and, from 1937, offered his services as an art expert to the Nazis for seized Jewish collections. From November 1938 to February 1939, they were involved in looting art from Jewish collections in the Bavarian capital. The circumstances under which Scheidwimmer obtained possession of the panels are unclear. No concrete indications that they were confiscated as a result of Nazi persecution have been found, but Scheidwimmer’s involvement in Nazi looting gives grounds for suspicion. As the research currently stands, it is not possible to state conclusively whether the work constitutes Nazi-looted art. At present, all the known sources have been exhausted.
State of research 30.09.2024
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Literature (general)
- Kunsthaus Zürich. Gesamtkatalog der Gemälde und Skulpturen, hrsg. von Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft et al., Sammlungskatalog, Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2007, S. 26.
- Alfred Stange: Band X: Salzburg, Bayern und Tirol, 1400 bis 1500 (Deutsche Malerei der Gotik 10), München, 1960, S. 121.
not on display