Old Master Sculpture and Works of Art
Old Master Sculpture and Works of Art
Property Restituted to the Heirs of A.S. Drey
Manner of Andrea della Robbia (1435-1525), Italian, Florence, probably 19th century | Saint Mary Magdalene
Lot Closed
December 5, 03:43 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property Restituted to the Heirs of A.S. Drey
Manner of Andrea della Robbia (1435-1525)
Italian, Florence, probably 19th century
Saint Mary Magdalene
glazed terracotta
104cm., 41in.
Oscar Huldschinsky, Berlin;
his sale, Paul Cassirer and Hugo Helbing, Berlin, 10-11 May 1928, lot 68;
with A.S. Drey, Munich;
their forced sale, Paul Graupe, Berlin, 17-18 June 1936, lot 104;
Count Alessandro Contini-Bonacossi, Florence;
Hermann Göring, Germany, acquired from the above in 1941;
Allies’ Central Collecting Point for Art, Munich, after 1945;
thence recuperated by the Italian state through Rodolfo Siviero, 1954;
exhibited in the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, by 1965;
Uffizi Galleries, Florence, in storage;
restituted to the German state in 2020;
thence restituted to the heirs of A.S. Drey in 2020
his sale, Paul Cassirer and Hugo Helbing, Berlin, 10-11 May 1928, lot 68;
with A.S. Drey, Munich;
their forced sale, Paul Graupe, Berlin, 17-18 June 1936, lot 104;
Count Alessandro Contini-Bonacossi, Florence;
Hermann Göring, Germany, acquired from the above in 1941;
Allies’ Central Collecting Point for Art, Munich, after 1945;
thence recuperated by the Italian state through Rodolfo Siviero, 1954;
exhibited in the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, by 1965;
Uffizi Galleries, Florence, in storage;
restituted to the German state in 2020;
thence restituted to the heirs of A.S. Drey in 2020
L'opera ritrovata: Omaggio a Rodolfo Siviero, exh. cat. Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, 1984, p. 89, no. 28 (as 'Manner of Andrea della Robbia, fifteenth century?', catalogue entry by Giancarlo Gentilini)