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Thief on the Cross
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Department of Drawings
Possibly sold [through Weigel Leipzig October 7 1838 no. 1089 as by Wie Zwott]. Probably Karl Eduard von Liphart (1808-1891) Dorpat Bonn and Florence by descent; to Freiherr Reinhold von Liphart Rathshof near Dorpat Russia (Lugt 1758) 1876 sold [through C. G. Boerner Leipzig June 27 1899 lot 671 as by Rogier van der Weyden]. [Helmuth Domizlaff Munich] sold [through Charles Stonehill London]; to [Hans M. Calmann London 1950] sold; to Fogg Art Museum 1950
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Alpheus Hyatt and Grace Nichols Strong Funds
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