File:Franz Timmermann - Die Enthauptung Johannes des Täufers (1534).jpg

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Summary

Franz Tymmermann: The Beheading of John the Baptist (

)

Artist

Franz Tymmermann (circa 1515 date QS:P,+1515–00–00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 – After 1540)
Alternative names	Franz Timmermann
Description	German painter
Date of birth/death	circa 1515 date QS:P,+1515-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902	After 1540
Location of birth	Hamburg
Work period	1530-1541
Work location	Hamburg, Lutherstadt Wittenberg
Authority file	: Q19782570 VIAF: 223466716 ULAN: 500102558 GND: 138806063 RKD: 77555

Title

The Beheading of John the Baptist

Object type

painting

Date

1534

Medium

oil on pine wood

Dimensions

height: 48.6 cm (19.1 in); width: 35.6 cm (14 in)

Object history

Anonymous sale, Lempertz, Cologne, 14 May 1926, lot 196;
With C. van der Feer Ladèr, Baarn;
Dr. Wilhelm Mautner (1889-1944), Amsterdam;
Erhard Göpel, acquired from the above for Adolf Hitler's "Sonderauftrag Linz" (inv. no. 2996) in July 1943 for hfl. 24.000;
Recovered by the Allied forces and deposited with the Munich Central Collecting Point (inv. no. 3727) in 1945;
Returned to the custody of the Stichting Nederlandsch Kunstbezit, Holland in 1946 (inv. no. NK1655);
On loan to the Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht;
Restituted to the heirs of Dr. Wilhelm Mautner in 2010 and sold by Sotheby's

Inscriptions

signed with initials and dated lower left: 1534. FT. and inscribed lower left: AVDENT PR...CL...P.. CV DICEREIVRA TYRANNIS/ INTERRIS SAN... PRAMIA TANTA FERVNT./ SEDTAMEN IN COELOMERCES PERMAGNA REPOSTAES./ ILLIS QVAM TANDEM TV PIE CHRISTE DABIS.

Source/Photographer

1. Sotheby's London, 4 July 2013, lot 109
2. Sotheby's London, 7 July 2011, lot 216

Licensing

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current	01:15, 20 July 2014		2,920 × 4,000 (6.63 MB)	Trzęsacz	http://www.sothebys.com/de/auctions/ecatalogue/2011/old-master-british-paintings-day-sale-l11034/lot.216.html
	23:10, 26 August 2013		1,460 × 2,000 (1.66 MB)	Botaurus	== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Artwork \|artist = '''Franz Timmermann''' ({{circa\|1515}} - {{other date\|>\|1541}}) \|title = \|description = {{title\|de=Die Enthauptung Johannes des Täufers\|en=The Beheading of John the Baptist}} \|d...