School of Brussels, circa 1490

Probably Hohenzollern Collection, Sigmaringen, no. 31;
Abel Collection, Cologne, 1863, no. 13 (as a triptych);
With A. S. Drey, New York, 1928 (as a triptych);
With M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1938 (as a triptych);
Archibald and Margaret Z. van Beuren, Rhode Island (as a triptych);
Her sale, New York, Christie's, 11 January 1989, lot 183, as a triptych by the Master of the Magdalene Legend with lot 33 and a central panel, sold for $220,000.

New York, A.S. Drey, 1928;
Munich, Alte Pinakothek, September - October 1928;
Toledo, Ohio, Museum of Art, French and Flemish Primitives, 3 November - 15 December 1935, no. 25.

Possibly F. Winker, Die Altniederlandische Malerei, Berlin 1921, p. 371, as in the Hague and by the Master of the Miracle of the Loaves;
J. Tombu, "Le Maitre de la Légende de Marie-Madeleine", in Gazette des Beaux Arts, Novermber 1929, pp. 259, 263-4, reproduced;
Pantheon, vol. VII, 1931, p. 218
M.J. Friedlander, Early Netherlandish Painting, vol. XII, Leyden 1975, p. 90, no. 5.

"The following condition report has been provided by Sarah Walden, an independent restorer who is not an employee of Sotheby's. St Catherine. This painting is on a fine oak panel, which is stable and flat. There are a few small chips at the extreme edges, with one or two retouchings in the gold columns at the sides. The hem of St. Catherine's gown at lower right has some retouching and there are small retouchings at the top of the sky, and two in the immediate foreground near the base, with one minute superficial touch over a little crack on her forehead. Apart from a slightly thin place near the base in the wheel the painting is in fine intact unworn condition throughout, with unbroken glazing across the landscape and the drapery, and the head and halo also well preserved. St Agnes in Grisaille on the verso. This reverse of the panel is virtually immaculately intact, with some of the drawing slightly visible in places with the increased natural transparency of the paint, and beautiful white drapery. Occasional minute lines of surface retouching along the grain can be seen under ultra violet light, but the condition throughout is remarkably perfect in the figure and the red background. The grey framing has had successive layers of retouching. This report was not done under laboratory conditions."
"This lot is offered for sale subject to Sotheby's Conditions of Business, which are available on request and printed in Sotheby's sale catalogues. The independent reports contained in this document are provided for prospective bidders' information only and without warranty by Sotheby's or the Seller."

See note to the previous lot.