Master of Alkmaar

© RMFAB, photo: J. Geleyns - Art Photography

Saint Anne, the Virgin and Child Surrounded by Saint John the Baptist, Saint Cecilia, Two Franciscan Donors (?), Saint Francis of Assisi and a Deacon Saint

support

Oak

dimensions

60,8 cm x 41,8 cm

MUSEUM COLLECTION

Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

inventory number

6597

Provenance

Sold by the widow of the collector Van Gelder, Uccle/Ukkel, together with six other paintings to Andreas Hofer on 13 May 1941 for a total sum of 220,000 RM. (A. Hofer was curator and purchaser for the art collection of Hermann Göring). This collection was transferred from Carinhall to Berchtesgaden in 1945; recovered by the American Monuments, Fine Arts & Archives division at Berchtesgaden in 1945 (Berchtesgaden no. 1109); transferred to the Collection Point München (Munich no. 6157; frame no. 7235), returned to Belgium (Economic Recovery Service no. A.43); assigned in 1951 to the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels.

Master of Alkmaar, Saint Anne, the Virgin and Child Surrounded by Saint John the Baptist, Saint Cecilia, Two Franciscan Donors (?), Saint Francis of Assisi and a Deacon Saint