THE NATIONAL GALLERY IMMUNITY FROM SEIZURE...Musei del Castello Sforzesco, Milan D.A. Brown, Leonardo da Vinci: Art and Devotion in the Madonnas of his Pupils, Milan 2003 Note that

THE NATIONAL GALLERY IMMUNITY FROM SEIZURE

LEONARDO DA VINCI:PAINTER AT THE COURT OF MILAN

9 November 2011 – 5 February 2012

The National Gallery, London. Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN

Immunity from Seizure

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IMMUNITY FROM SEIZURE

Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan 09 Nov 2011 - 05 Feb 2012 The National Gallery, London, Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5DN

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, Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan. Copyright Notice: no images from these pages should be reproduced without permission.


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Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan 09 Nov 2011 - 05 Feb 2012 Protection under the Act is sought for the objects listed below:

Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519)

© Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan/De Agostini Picture Library X6811 Portrait of a Young Man ('The Musician') about 1486-7 Place of manufacture: Milan, Italy Painting: Oil on walnut Object dimensions: 44.7 x 32 cm Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Pinacoteca, Milan Lender's name and address Biblioteca Ambrosiana Piazza Pio XI, 2 20123 Milan Italy

Accession Number 99 Provenance Documented in the Ambrosiana, Milan, since 1671

M. Rossi and A. Rovetta, La Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan 1997, p. 71 Note that this painting has a complete history of ownership from the beginning of the year 1933 to the end of the year 1945.


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Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis (about 1455 - after 1508)

© Comune di Milano. All rights reserved X6810 Portrait of Ludovico Maria Sforza about 1497-9 Place of manufacture: Milan, Italy Manuscript: Tempera on vellum Object dimensions: 27.3 x 17.9 cm Archivio Storico Civico and Biblioteca Trivulziana, Milan Lender's name and address Archivio Storico e Biblioteca Trivulziana Piazza Castello, 1 20121 Milan Italy Accession Number cod. Triv. 2167, fol. 54r Provenance Trivulzio Collection, from 18th century until 1935

then bequeathed to the Comune di Milano I codici mediaevali della Biblioteca Trivulziana, ed. C. Santoro, Milan 1965, pp. 139-40

Note that this manuscript has a complete history of ownership from the beginning of the year 1933 to the end of the year 1945.


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Francesco Napoletano (died 1501)

© Comune di Milano. All Rights Reserved. Photo Giancarlo Costa, Milan X6835 Virgin and Child ('The Madonna Lia') about 1495 Place of manufacture: Milan, Italy Painting: Oil on wood, transferred to canvas Object dimensions: 42.5 x 31.5 cm Castello Sforzesco, Pinacoteca, Milan Lender's name and address Castello Sforzesco Piazza Castello, 3 20121 Milan Italy Accession Number 1510 Provenance Royal Collection, France, documented in 1758 Lia collection, La Spezia, 1984-2007 Musei del Castello Sforzesco, Milan

D.A. Brown, Leonardo da Vinci: Art and Devotion in the Madonnas of his Pupils, Milan 2003 Note that this painting has incomplete provenance information for the years 1933-1945. It was searched on the Art Loss Register on 5 July 2011 and is not registered as being stolen or missing.


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© Soprintendenza Speciale per il Polo Museale Fiorentino, Gabinetto Fotografico, Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali X6797 Virgin and Child with a cat about 1480 Place of manufacture: Florence, Italy Drawing: Pen and wash on grey prepared paper Object dimensions: 12.8 x 10.9 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence Lender's name and address Galleria degli Uffizi Piazzale degli Uffizi 6 50122 Florence Italy Accession Number 421Er Provenance Collection of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, before 1687 Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi: Disegni esposti, ed. A. Petrioli Tofani,

Florence 1986, pp. 188-9

Note that this drawing has a complete history of ownership from the beginning of the year 1933 to the end of the year 1945.


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Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio (about 1467 - 1516)

© Soprintendenza Speciale per il Polo Museale Fiorentino, Gabinetto Fotografico, Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali X6952 Head of youth with an ivy wreath about 1491-4 Place of manufacture: Milan, Italy Drawing: Metalpoint on greyish prepared paper Object dimensions: 16.2 x 13.8 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe, Florence Lender's name and address Galleria degli Uffizi Piazzale degli Uffizi 6 50122 Florence Italy Accession Number 425E Provenance Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, since 1849 Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi: Disegni esposti, ed. A. Petrioli Tofani,

Florence 1986, p. 190



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© Soprindendenza Speciale per il Polo Museale Venezia X6966 A church viewed in perspective about 1488-90 Place of manufacture: Milan, Italy Drawing: Pen and ink on paper Object dimensions: 21.3 x 15.2 cm Gallerie dell'Accademia, Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe, Venice Lender's name and address Gallerie dell'Accademia Campo della Carità Dorsoduro n. 1050 30130 Venice Italy Accession Number 238v Provenance Giuseppe Bossi, Milan, until 1815 Luigi Celotti, Venice, 1815-1822 Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice Disegni di Leonardo e della sua cerchia alle Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice 1966, pp. 23-5



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© Soprindendenza Speciale per il Polo Museale Venezia X6968 Sketches for an Adoration of the Shepherds with angels about 1478 Place of manufacture: Florence, Italy Drawing: Pen and ink over metalpoint on prepared paper Object dimensions: 12.1 x 13.6 cm (irregularly cut) Gallerie dell'Accademia, Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe, Venice Lender's name and address Gallerie dell'Accademia Campo della Carità Dorsoduro n. 1050 30130 Venice Italy Accession Number 256r Provenance Giuseppe Bossi, Milan, until 1815 Luigi Celotti, Venice, 1815-1822 Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice Disegni di Leonardo e della sua cerchia alle Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice 1966, p. 18



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© Soprindendenza Speciale per il Polo Museale Venezia X6970 The hand of Judas about 1500-15 Place of manufacture: Milan, Italy Drawing: Red chalk heightened with white on red-ochre prepared paper Object dimensions: 20.8 x 16.1 cm Gallerie dell'Accademia, Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe, Venice Lender's name and address Gallerie dell'Accademia Campo della Carità Dorsoduro n. 1050 30130 Venice Italy Accession Number 140 Provenance Giuseppe Bossi, Milan, until 1815 Luigi Celotti, Venice, 1815-1822 Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice Disegni di Leonardo e della sua cerchia alle Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice 1966, p. 44



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© Soprindendenza Speciale per il Polo Museale Venezia X7349 Study after a Last Supper about 1492 Place of manufacture: Milan, Italy Drawing: Red chalk and traces of pen and ink on paper Object dimensions: 25.9 x 39.4 cm Gallerie dell'Accademia, Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe, Venice Lender's name and address Gallerie dell'Accademia Campo della Carità Dorsoduro n. 1050 30130 Venice Italy Accession Number 254 Provenance Monti Collection, Milan, until 1770 Pagave Collection, until 1808 Giuseppe Bossi, Milan, until 1815 Luigi Celotti, Venice, 1815-1822 Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice Disegni di Leonardo e della sua cerchia alle Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice 1966



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© Soprindendenza Speciale per il Polo Museale Venezia X7350 Sketches for an Adoration of the Shepherds with angels about 1478 Place of manufacture: Florence, Italy Drawing: Pen and ink and wash over metalpoint on prepared paper Object dimensions: 10.5 x 12.2 cm (irregularly cut) Gallerie dell'Accademia, Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe, Venice Lender's name and address Gallerie dell'Accademia Campo della Carità Dorsoduro n. 1050 30130 Venice Italy Accession Number 259r Provenance Monti Collection, Milan, until 1770 Pagave Collection, until 1808 Giuseppe Bossi, Milan, until 1815 Luigi Celotti, Venice, 1815-1822 Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice

Leonardo da Vinci: Master Draftsman, ed. C.C. Bambach, exh. cat., Metropolitan Museum, New York, New haven and London 2003, pp. 346-8



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© Photo Vittorio Calore, Milan X7021 Portrait of a Young Woman as Artemisia about 1494 Place of manufacture: Milan, Italy Painting: Oil on wood Object dimensions: 49 x 37 cm Mattioli Collection, Milan Lender's name and address Laura Mattioli, Milan Provenance Lorenzelli Collection, Bergamo, until 1947 Mattioli Collection, Milan M.T. Fiorio, Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio: Un pittore milanese nel lume di Leonardo,

Milan 2000, pp. 87-8

Note that this painting has incomplete provenance information for the years 1933-1945. It was searched on the Art Loss Register on 9 December 2010 and is not registered as being stolen or missing.


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© The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Art Resource/Scala X6802 Designs for an Adoration of the Christ Child about 1482-3 Place of manufacture: Florence, Italy Drawing: Pen and ink over metalpoint on pale pink prepared paper Object dimensions: 19.4 x 16.3 cm Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1917 (17.142.1) Lender's name and address The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue New York 100280-0198 USA Accession Number 17.142.1r Provenance Legrand Collection, Paris, 1743-1807 Smith Collection, London and South Carolina Nash Collection, New York, until 1917 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Leonardo da Vinci: Master Draftsman, ed. C.C. Bambach, exh. cat., Metropolitan Museum, New York, New haven and London 2003, pp. 366-70



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© RMN / Franck Raux X6805 Portrait of a Woman ('The Belle Ferronnière') about 1493-4 Place of manufacture: Milan, Italy Painting: Oil on walnut Object dimensions: 63 x 45 cm Musée du Louvre, Département des Peintures, Paris Lender's name and address Musée du Louvre 34-36 Quai du Louvre 75058 Paris France Accession Number 778 Provenance

Louis XII(?), France, early 16th century Francois I, France, early 16th century Louis XIV, France, early 18th century Musée du Louvre, Paris R. Temperini, Léonard de Vinci au Louvre, Paris 2003, p. 42 Note that this painting has a complete history of ownership from the beginning of the year 1933 to the end of the year 1945.


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© RMN / Michèle Bellot

X6815 Studies of male figures; a hygrometer; a mother and child about 1480-1 Place of manufacture: Florence, Italy Drawing: Pen and ink over metalpoint on prepared paper Object dimensions: 27.7 x 20.9 cm Musée du Louvre, Département des Arts Graphiques, Paris Lender's name and address Musée du Louvre 34-36 Quai du Louvre 75058 Paris France Accession Number 2258 Provenance

Sir Thomas Lawrence, London, early 19th century William II (King of Holland), The Hague, until 1850 Musée du Louvre, Paris, since 1850 Léonard de Vinci: Dessins et manuscrits, exh. cat., Musée du Louvre, Paris 2003, pp. 107-111 Note that this drawing has a complete history of ownership from the beginning of the year 1933 to the end of the year 1945.


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© RMN / Michèle Bellot X6826 Cartoon for the head of the infant Saint John the Baptist about 1482-3 Place of manufacture: Milan, Italy Drawing: Metalpoint with traces of pen and ink and wash heightened with white on prepared paper,

pricked for transfer Object dimensions: 13.4 x 11.9 (irregularly cut), mounted on paper, 16.9 x 14 cm Musée du Louvre, Département des Arts Graphiques, Paris Lender's name and address Musée du Louvre 34-36 Quai du Louvre 75058 Paris France Accession Number 2347 Provenance

Peter Lely, London, 17th century J. Richardson, early 18th century G. Vallardi, Paris, until 1856

Musée du Louvre, Paris, since 1856

Léonard de Vinci: Dessins et manuscrits, exh. cat., Musée du Louvre, Paris 2003, p. 134 Note that this drawing has a complete history of ownership from the beginning of the year 1933 to the end of the year 1945.


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© RMN / Thierry Le Mage X6830 Head of a woman about 1488-90 Place of manufacture: Milan, Italy Drawing: Metalpoint heightened with white on greyish prepared paper Object dimensions: 17.9 x 16.8 cm Musée du Louvre, Département des Arts Graphiques, Paris Lender's name and address Musée du Louvre 34-36 Quai du Louvre 75058 Paris France Accession Number 2376 Provenance

G. Vallardi, Paris, early 19th century, until 1856 Musée du Louvre, Paris, since 1856

Léonard de Vinci: Dessins et manuscrits, exh. cat., Musée du Louvre, Paris 2003, pp. 90-3 Note that this drawing has a complete history of ownership from the beginning of the year 1933 to the end of the year 1945.


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© RMN / Jean–Gilles Berizzi X6957 Head of a child in profile about 1490 Place of manufacture: Milan, Italy Drawing: Metalpoint with traces of pen and ink heightened with white on prepared paper Object dimensions: 11.8 x 10 cm Musée du Louvre, Département des Arts Graphiques, Paris Lender's name and address Musée du Louvre 34-36 Quai du Louvre 75058 Paris France Accession Number 2250 Provenance

Louis XIV, early 18th century Musée du Louvre, Paris, since 18th century Léonard de Vinci: Dessins et manuscrits, exh. cat., Musée du Louvre, Paris 2003, pp. 339-41 Note that this drawing has a complete history of ownership from the beginning of the year 1933 to the end of the year 1945.


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© RMN / Michèle Bellot X6958 Head of a child in profile about 1487-90 Place of manufacture: Milan, Italy Drawing: Metalpoint heightened with white (partially discoloured) on blue prepared paper Object dimensions: 13.6 x 8.8 cm Musée du Louvre, Département des Arts Graphiques, Paris Lender's name and address Musée du Louvre 34-36 Quai du Louvre 75058 Paris France Accession Number 2350 Provenance

G. Vallardi, Paris, early 19th century, until 1856 Musée du Louvre, Paris, since 1856 Léonard de Vinci: Dessins et manuscrits, exh. cat., Musée du Louvre, Paris 2003, pp. 342-3 Note that this drawing has a complete history of ownership from the beginning of the year 1933 to the end of the year 1945.


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Francesco Napoletano (died 1501)

© RMN / Michèle Bellot X6962 Portrait of a youth in profile about 1488-90 Place of manufacture: Milan, Italy Drawing: Pen and ink and wash on paper Object dimensions: 14.4 x 11.3 cm Musée du Louvre, Département des Arts Graphiques, Paris Lender's name and address Musée du Louvre 34-36 Quai du Louvre 75058 Paris France Accession Number 2558 Provenance

E. Jabach, Paris, until 1671 Louis XIV, since 1671 Musée du Louvre, Paris, since 18th century Léonard de Vinci: Dessins et manuscrits, exh. cat., Musée du Louvre, Paris 2003, pp. 344-5 Note that this drawing has a complete history of ownership from the beginning of the year 1933 to the end of the year 1945.


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© RMN / Jean–Gilles Berizzi X7305 Head of a child in lost profile about 1490-4 Place of manufacture: Milan, Italy Drawing: Metalpoint heightened with white (partially discoloured) on blue prepared paper Object dimensions: 13.5 x 9.3 cm Musée du Louvre, Département des Arts Graphiques, Paris Lender's name and address Musée du Louvre 34-36 Quai du Louvre 75058 Paris France Accession Number 2351 Provenance

G. Vallardi, Paris, until 1856 Musée du Louvre, Paris, since 1856 Léonard de Vinci: Dessins et manuscrits, exh. cat., Musée du Louvre, Paris 2003, pp. 342-3 Note that this drawing has a complete history of ownership from the beginning of the year 1933 to the end of the year 1945.


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© RMN / Thierry Le Mage X7306 Body of a child, turning right about 1492-4 Place of manufacture: Milan, Italy

Drawing: Metalpoint with traces of pen and ink and wash heightened with white on blue prepared paper, pricked for transfer

Object dimensions: 42.6 x 25.5 cm (irregularly cut) Musée du Louvre, Département des Arts Graphiques, Paris Lender's name and address Musée du Louvre 34-36 Quai du Louvre 75058 Paris France Accession Number RF 5635 Provenance

Peter Lely, 17th century J. Richardson, London, 18th century L. Bonnat, from c. 1850 until c. 1880 Musée du Louvre, Paris, since c. 1880 Léonard de Vinci: Dessins et manuscrits, exh. cat., Musée du Louvre, Paris 2003, pp. 352-3 Note that this drawing has a complete history of ownership from the beginning of the year 1933 to the end of the year 1945.


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© RMN / Franck Raux X7447 The Virgin of the Rocks 1483- about 1485 Place of manufacture: Milan, Italy Painting: Oil on wood, transferred to canvas Object dimensions: 199 x 122 cm Musée du Louvre, Département des Peintures, Paris Lender's name and address Musée du Louvre 34-36 Quai du Louvre 75058 Paris France Accession Number 777 Provenance

possibly acquired by Louis XII between 1499 and 1508 Royal Collection, Fontainbleau and Paris Musée du Louvre, Paris Musée du Louvre: Catalogue sommaire des peintres italiens, Paris 2007, p. 8 Note that this painting has a complete history of ownership from the beginning of the year 1933 to the end of the year 1945.


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© Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan (1609) X6840 Virgin and Child ('The Madonna of the Rose') about 1487-90 Place of manufacture: Milan, Italy Painting: Oil on walnut Object dimensions: 45.5 x 35.6 cm Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan Lender's name and address Museo Poldi Pezzoli Via Manzoni 12 20121 Milan Italy Accession Number 1609 Provenance Litta Collection, Milan, 1804-1855 Poldi Pezzoli collection M.T. Fiorio, Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio: Un pittore milanese nel lume di Leonardo,

Milan 2000, pp. 76-7

Note that this painting has a complete history of ownership from the beginning of the year 1933 to the end of the year 1945.


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Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis (about 1455 - after 1508)

© Image courtesy of the Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. X6841 Portrait of Bianca Maria Sforza about 1493 Place of manufacture: Milan, Italy Painting: Oil on poplar Object dimensions: 51 x 32.5 cm The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Widener Collection, 1942.9.53 Lender's name and address The National Gallery of Art 6 Constitution Avenue at Fourth St NW Washington, DC 20565 USA Accession Number 1942.9.53 Provenance Private Collection, United Kingdom, until 1888 Lippmann Collection, Berlin, 1888-1904 Colnaghi, New York, 1904 Widener Collection, USA, 1904-1942 The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC National Gallery of Art: European Paintings, Washington 1975, pp. 274-5

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© Authorised by Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali X6842 Portrait of a Young Man about 1490-1 Place of manufacture: Milan, Italy Painting: Oil on wood Object dimensions: 48.9 x 37.4 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan Lender's name and address Pinacoteca di Brera Via Brera 28 20121 Milan Italy Accession Number Reg. Cron. 2123 Provenance Maggi Collection, Milan, until 1914 Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan Pinacoteca di Brera: Scuole lombarda e piemontese 1300-1535, Milan 1988, pp. 158-60



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© Photo Vatican Museums X6798 Saint Jerome about 1488-90 Place of manufacture: Milan, Italy Painting: Oil on walnut Object dimensions: 103 x 75 cm Vatican Museums Lender's name and address Pinacoteca Vaticana Viale Vaticano

00165 Rome Italy Accession Number 40337 Provenance Angelica Kauffmann, Rome, in 1802 Joseph Fesch, Rome, until 1845 Aducci Collection, Rome Monte di Pieta, Rome, until 1856 Pinacoteca Vaticana La Pinacoteca Vaticana, ed. C. Pietrangeli, A.M. De Strobel, F. Mancinelli, Vatican City, 1993



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© Princes Czartoryski Foundation X6803 Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani ('The Lady with an Ermine') about 1489-90 Place of manufacture: Milan, Italy Painting: Oil on walnut Object dimensions: 54.8 x 40.3 cm Property of the Princes Czartoryski Foundation On deposit at the National Museum, Cracow Lender's name and address Princes Czartoryski Museum 19, Sw. Jana Str. and 8 Pijarska Str. Cracow Poland Accession Number 134 Provenance Czartoryski Collection since the end of the 18th century Confiscated by the German Reich, 1939-1945 Czartoryski Collection and then Foundation Botticelli to Titian: Two Centuries of Italian Masterpieces, exh. cat., Szépm�vészeti Múzeum,

Budapest, p. 140 L.H. Nicholas, The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe:s Treasures in the Third Reich and in the Second World War, New York 1994, pp. 57-80



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© The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg. 2011. (GE–249) Photo by Vladimir Terebenin, Leonard Kheifets, Yuri Molodkovets X6953 Virgin and Child ('The Madonna Litta') about 1491-5 Place of manufacture: Milan, Italy Painting: Tempera on wood, transferred to canvas Object dimensions: 42 x 33 cm The State Hermitage, St. Petersburg Lender's name and address The State Hermitage Museum Dvortsovaya Naberezhnaya, 34 190000 St Petersburg Russia Accession Number GE 249 Provenance Litta Collection, Milan, until 1865 The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg The Hermitage Catalogue of Western Painting: Italian Painting Thirteenth to Sixteenth Century,

ed. T.K. Kustodieva, Florence 2004, pp. 220-1 Note that this painting has a complete history of ownership from the beginning of the year 1933 to the end of the year 1945.


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© Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown (1955.1470) Photo by Michael Agee X6839 Head of a young woman about 1495-7 Place of manufacture: Milan, Italy Drawing: Metalpoint heightened with white on greyish prepared paper Object dimensions: 15 x 12.4 cm Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA Lender's name and address Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute 225 South Street Williamstown, MA 01267 USA Accession Number 1955.1470 Provenance Peter Lely, London, 17th century Ram Collection, London, late 19th century Colnaghi, London, 1917 Clark Collection Drawings from the Clark Art Institute,l New Haven and London 1964, pp. 10-11 M.T. Fiorio, Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio: Un pittore milanese nel lume di Leonardo,

Milan 2000, pp. 142-3


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THE NATIONAL GALLERY IMMUNITY FROM SEIZURE...Musei del Castello Sforzesco, Milan D.A. Brown, Leonardo da Vinci: Art and Devotion in the Madonnas of his Pupils, Milan 2003 Note that