Removed from SCHLOSS WILDENSTEIN,
Basel-Land, Switzerland
Circle of Jacopo Robusti, il Tintoretto (1518-1594)
Details
Circle of Jacopo Robusti, il Tintoretto (1518-1594)
Christ disputing with a Pharisee outside a Town
38½ x 56¾in. (98 x 144cm.)
Christ disputing with a Pharisee outside a Town
38½ x 56¾in. (98 x 144cm.)
Provenance
In an Italian collection in the 18th century (an inscription of that date on a label on the stretcher reads 'No. 87 - Christo Frà Discepoli Originale del Tintoretto') Christian von Mechel (1737-1817), the engraver and picture dealer, by whom probably acquired in Italy; his bankruptcy sale, Nov. 1807 Purchased at the sale by Peter Vischer-Sarasin (1751-1823; his Picture Catalogue, no.890) and by direct descent to the present owner