Lot number 3597 - Auction 146
DAS CHRISTUSKIND AUF EINEM BETTE LIEGEND

SCHOOL OR FOLLWER OF TITIAN ('Actually: Titiano Vecellio') c. 1488 Pieve di Cadore - 1576 Venice THE INFANT CHRIST LYING ON A BED Oil on canvas (old relined). 57,5 x 76,5 cm (F. 70 x 88 cm). Verso: Old customs import stamp on the canvas. Part. min. old rest., slight old retouching, part. min. dam. Frame. This painting is most probably identical with the painting 'Das Christkind auf einem Bette liegend' (Engraving by Lindemann, 1746; Titianus inv.'). Cf: Jordan, Max: Tizian Leben und Werk. First volume, Leipzig, 1877, p. 794. Provenance: Rhenish private collection.