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THE NATIONAL GALLERY IMMUNITY FROM SEIZURE JAN GOSSAERT’S RENAISSANCE 23 February 2011 – 30 May 2011 The National Gallery, London. Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN Immunity from Seizure IMMUNITY FROM SEIZURE The National Gallery is able to provide immunity from seizure under part 6 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007. This Act provides protection from seizure for cultural objects from abroad on loan to temporary exhibitions in approved museums and galleries in the UK. The conditions are: The object is usually kept outside the UK It is not owned by a person resident in the UK Its import does not contravene any import regulations It is brought to the UK for public display in a temporary exhibition at a museum or gallery The borrowing museum or gallery is approved under the Act The borrowing museum has published information about the object For further enquiries, please contact [email protected] Protection under the Act is sought for the objects listed in this document, which are intended to form part of the forthcoming exhibition, Jan Gossaert’s Renaissance Copyright Notice: no images from these pages should be reproduced without permission. The National Gallery, London. Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN 1 Immunity from Seizure JAN GOSSAERT’S RENAISSANCE 23 February – 30 May 2011 Protection under the Act is sought for the objects listed below: Jan Gossaert (active 1503; died 1532) © RMN, Paris Photo Gérard Blot X6569 Portrait of a Benedictine Monk 1526 Oil on Panel 39 x 28 cm Paris, Musée du Louvre Lender’s name and address Musée du Louvre 34-36 Quai du Louvre Paris 75058 France Accession Number R.F. 23 Provenance (1): Desiré van der Schrieck, Louvain ; her sale, Louvain, April 8-11, n. 48 ; Jean Baptiste Foucart, Valenciennes ; bequeathed in 1872 to the Louvre (1) Published in Foucart 2009 The National Gallery, London. Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN 2 Immunity from Seizure Note that this object has a complete history of ownership from the beginning of the year 1933 to the end of the year 1945. Publication history: Friedländer 1924-1937, vol. 8 (1930), p. 162; Herzog 1968, pp. 126, 127- 128; Friedländer 1967-1976, vol. 8 (1972), p. 100: Foucart 2009 Simon Bening (about 1483 - 1561) © RMN/Gérard Blot/Christian Jean X6992 Landscape with Saint Jerome about 1515-20 Tempera on paper on wood Support: 28.7 x 19.3 cm Paris, Musée du Louvre, Département des Peintures Lender’s name and address Musée du Louvre 34-36 Quai du Louvre Paris 75058 France Accession Number R.F. 1987.28 Provenance (1): This painting was found in customs and bought by the Louvre in 1987 from the Société Labatut. (1) Published in Foucart 2009 This painting has incomplete provenance information for the years 1933-1945. The provenance has been confirmed by the Louvre after further research in their archives. It has been impossible to check the Art Loss Register because of uncertainty over the painting’s attribution.. A copy of the correspondence with the Louvre curator (C. Scaillerez) is on file at the National Gallery. The National Gallery, London. Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN 3 Immunity from Seizure See also: http://cartelfr.louvre.fr/cartelfr/visite?srv=car_not_frame&idNotice=24158&langue=fr Publication history: Scaillerez 1992; Foucart 2009 Jan Gossaert (active 1503; died 1532) © RMN, Paris. Photo Jean-Gilles Berizzi X6568 Adoration of the Magi about 1515-1520 Pen and ink on vellum Support: 27 x 19.4 cm Paris, Musée du Louvre, Département des Arts graphiques Lender’s name address Musée du Louvre 34-36 Quai du Louvre Paris 75058 France Accession number Inv 20000 Provenance (1): Collection P. J. Mariette; bought by the Louvre, 1775 (1) see also: http://artsgraphiques.louvre.fr/fo/visite?srv=mfc¶mAction=actionGetOeuvre&idFicheOe uvre=110153#ancre7 Note that this object has a complete history of ownership from the beginning of the year 1933 to the end of the year 1945. Publication history: Paris 1965, n. 66; Lugt 1968, n. 75; Brou 1981, n. 26 The National Gallery, London. Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN 4 Immunity from Seizure Jan Gossaert (active 1503; died 1532) © Copyright Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid X6592 Adam and Eve about 1510 Oil on wood Support: 56.5 x 37 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Lender’s name and address Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza Paseo del Prado 8 28014 Madrid Spain Accession Number 1930.26 Provenance (1): Possibly Hans Wagner of Kulmbach; Neumann collection, Nuremberg; Professor Hartmann; Heinrich Wilhem Campe, Leipzig (before 1827); his sale, Leipzig, September 24, 1827, n. 301; Prince Leopold Friedrich Franz von Anhalt-Dessau, Wörlitz; Gotisches Haus, Wörlitz; Jacques Goudstikker, Amsterdam; Baron Heinrich Thyssen- Bornemisza, Rechnitz and Lugano (1930-1947); Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, Lugano (1947-1993); Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, 1993 (1) Published in New York 2010, p. 114 Note that this painting has a complete history of ownership from the beginning of the year 1933 to the end of the year 1945. The National Gallery, London. Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN 5 Immunity from Seizure Publication history: Friedländer 1924-1937, vol. 8 (1930), pp. 34-35; Rotterdam, Bruges 1965, n. 3; Herzog 1968, pp. 74-75; Friedländer 1967-1976, vol. 8 (1972), pp. 24-25; Paris 1982, n. 22; New York 2010, n. 1 Jan Gossaert (active 1503; died 1532) © Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, Spain X6591 Holy Family 1525-30 Oil on wood Support: 56 x 42 cm Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao Lender’s name and address Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao Museo Plaza, 2 48011 Bilbao Spain Accession Number 69/110 Provenance (1): Convent of the Carmelites of Cuerva, Toledo; acquired by the Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, 1940 (1) Published in New York 2010, p. 180 Note that this painting has a complete history of ownership from the beginning of the year 1933 to the end of the year 1945. Publication history: Rotterdam, Bruges 1965, n. 26; Friedländer 1967-1976, vol. 8 (1972), p. 113; Bilbao 2000, n. 2; New York 2010, n. 18 The National Gallery, London. Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN 6 Immunity from Seizure Jan Gossaert (active 1503; died 1532) © Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas X6609 Portrait of Henry III of Nassau-Breda? about 1520-5 Oil on wood Support: 57.2 x 45.8 cm Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas Lender’s name and address Kimbell Art Museum 3333 Camp Bowie Boulevard Forth Worth, Texas 76107-2792 USA Accession Number AP 1979.30 Provenance (1): Alfred Charles de Rothschild, London and Buckinghamshire; his daughter Almina Victoria Marie Alexandra Carnarvon, London (until 1925); her sale, London, May 22, 1925, n. 71; Agnew, London; Joseph Duveen, London and New York (before 1927); Ernst Rosenfield, New York (by 1929); Hickox collection, New York and Chicago (by 1936, until 1979); Newhouse Galleries, New York (1979); bought by the Kimbell Art Foundation, 1979 (1) Published in New York 2010, p. 265; See also: https://www.kimbellart.org/Collections/Collections- Detail.aspx?P=&TypeID=&Focus=&cid=8509&prov=true&cons=false#prov The National Gallery, London. Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN 7 Immunity from Seizure The painting’s provenance information is slightly incomplete for the years 1930-1935. The provenance has been confirmed by the Kimbell Museum after further research in their archives and all indications are that the painting was in the USA between 1930 (Friedländer) and 1936 (Van Marle) before entering in the Hickox collection. A copy of the correspondence with the Kimbell Museum and information about the collectors are on file at the National Gallery. Publication history: Friedländer 1924-1937, vol. 8 (1930), pp. 159-160; New York 1929, n. 78; Van Marle 1936, p. 476; Herzog 1968, pp.130, 252-253; Friedländer 1967-1976, vol. 8 (1972), p. 97; Kimbell Art Museum 1981, p. 72; New York 2010, n. 48 Jan Gossaert (active 1503; died 1532) © Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia X6619 Jan Gossaert Virgin and Child about 1525-30 Oil on wood Support: 47.6 x 36.8 cm Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA Gift of Walter P Chrysler, Jr. Lender’s name address Chrysler Museum of Art 245 West Olney Road Norfolk, Virginia 23510 USA Accession number 71.491 The National Gallery, London. Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN 8 Immunity from Seizure Provenance (1): John Rushout, second Baron Northwick, Cheltenham (by 1859); sale, London, 1859; Sir Thomas Phillipps, Middle Hill, 1859; to his daughter, Mrs. Fenwick; Fenwick collection, Thirlestaine House (until 1950); sale, London, 1950 ; David Koetser, London –New York (until 1952); Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.; Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. to the Chrysler Museum, 1971 (1) Published in Harrison 1994, p. 3-13; New York 2010, p. 281 Note that this painting has a complete history of ownership from the beginning of the year 1933 to the end of the year 1945. Publication history: Greig 1951, p. 84; Herzog 1968, pp. 345-346; Harrison 1994, pp. 3-13; New York 2010, n. 55a Jan Gossaert (active 1503; died 1532) © The J. Paul Getty Museum. Los Angeles, California X6920 Portrait of Francisco de los Cobos y Molina about 1530-2 Oil on panel Support: 43.8 x 33.7 cm The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles Lender’s name address The J. Paul Getty Museum 1200 Getty Center Drive Los Angeles, CA 90049-1687 USA Accession number 88.PB.43 The National Gallery, London. Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN 9 Immunity from Seizure Provenance (1): Prof. Odilon Lannelongue, Castéra-Verduzan (until 1911); Castéra-Verduzan, Musée Lannelongue (1911-1938); Castéra-Verduzan, collection Lannelongue (until 1986); sale, Auch-en-Gascogne, 12th July 1986; London, Edward Spelman (1987-1988); Los Angeles, J.