Design for a decorative wall painting
Design perhaps for a lunette fresco in the Chiostro grande of S. Maria Novella, Florence; formerly thought to be a design for S. Maria Maggiore (see inscription)
Verso: Lugt number L. 2445 (Sir Thomas Lawrence); stamp: SGSM 18 / Lugt 1094c in brown; old inscription on the verso of the sheet: ‘...Lo fece Alessandro Allori ma fu colourito da Bernardino Pocetti in S. Maria Magiore.’; lower left in light red: ‘1799’ or ‘A Z 99’ (reading not clear)
c. 1580 - undated Alessandro Allori (1535-1607), Florence
after 1580 - n.d. Whereabouts unknown
undated - 1830 Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), London
1834 - Archibald Keightley (1795 - 1877), executor of the will of Sir Thomas Lawrence
c. 1834 - 1853 Samuel Woodburn (1783 - 1853)
1853 - 4/8 June 1860 probably Miss Woodburn, daughter of Samuel Woodburn
no later than 1860 - 21 May 1941 whereabouts unknown
undated - 21.05.1941 Dr Alois Albrecht, Vienna, consigned to the auction at Adolf Weinmüller, Munich
since 21 May 1941 Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, acquired in the auction at Adolf Weinmüller, Munich
An NS-related confiscation cannot be ruled out.
Staatliche Museumsagentur Bayern
Referat für Provenienzforschung
Landshuter Allee 8
80637 München
Germany