Renaissance-Rotunda with hugh window in the background, from which the pigeon of the Holy Spirit fly towards. Above a table the parents of the child are showing it to an old priest, who is proceeding with ritual acts. Behind this group on the left and right side four men and a woman; in right front Levites boys next to a low offering table with can. Source: Hugo Helbing Kunsthandlung and Kunstversteigerungshaus: Kunstbesitz eines Berliner Sammlers. Katalog Nr. 49; Math. Lempertz'sche Kunstversteigerung: Eine bekannte Süddeutsche Privatsammlung and anderer Privatbesitz, Katalog Nr. 395.
Provenance
Collection Jakob Goldschmidt, Berlin, Auction at 11/12th March 1938 by Math. Lempertz, Cologne. CatalogueNo: 82 (Auktionshaus Hugo Helbing, 1936); 146 (Math. Lempertz, 1938)
