The Lamentation (Pietà)

Until 1905, Galerie von Bernatsky (Cologne, Germany); 10 October 1905, sold [as by Quentin Massys] by Hebarle (Cologne, Germany) to Wilhelm Amandus von Beer (Berlin, Germany); ca. 1909, acquired by Francisco de Montoya (Madrid, Spain); 16 April 1912, sold [as by Rogier van der Weyden, no.125] at Rudolph Lepke auction house (Berlin, Germany); 1912, sold by P. and D. Colnaghi and Co. (London, England) to Paul S. Reinsch (Madison, WI); 1912, sold to Charles R. Crane (Chicago, IL); 1913, gifted to the University of Wisconsin-Madison; 1967, transferred to the Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

• Decoteau, Pamela Hibbs. "'Lamentation' Triptych by Colin de Coter." Elvehjem Museum of Art Bulletin 1977-1978. Elvehjem Museum of Art (1978): 14-25. pp. 14-25
• Perier-d'Ieteren, C.. "Colyn de Coter." Bruxelles: Lefebvre & Gillet, 1985. pp. 121-124. pp. 121-124, no. 277
• Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Handbook of the Collection." Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Madison, 1990. no. 21
• Woltman, Nienke. “’Spot the Difference’ Technical Research into Two Versions of The Lamentation of Christ, attributed to Colijn de Coter.” The Rijksmuseum Bulletin, Vol. 67, No. 4 (2019): p. 288.
• Hermán, J. S. "Reconsidering an Early Sixteenth-Century Lamentation Attributed to the Workshop of Cornelis Engebrechtsz.." "Record of the Princeton University Art Museum, vol. 77-78/ 2017-2018 (2021): 68-83. p. 73-74, fig. 8
• Madison Art Association. "Collection of Paintings Owned by Paul S. Reinsch: Exhibition in the State Historical Library Building." Madison, WI: Madison Art Association, 1912. p. 3, no. 1

• Caring for the Collection: Restoration Progress Report: Elvehjem Art Center, 11/2/1972–1/3/1973
• Collection of Paintings Owned by Paul S. Reinsch: The Madison Art Association, 9/26/1912–10/24/1912

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