German Reinhold Wurth tycoon privately purchased Hans Holbein painting "Madonna Mayer" for about $ 70 million

Hans Holbein the Younger
Madonna Mayer
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German billionaire Reinhold Wurth (Reinhold Wuerth) paid more than 70 million dollars for a painting by Hans Holbein "Madonna Mayer", leaving out of work another contender for the picture - Shtedelevsky museum in Frankfurt.

Wurth acquired the work from the heirs of the princes and the Landgrave of Hesse in whose aristocratic family comes from Charlemagne. Shtedelevskogo representatives of the museum, where the "Madonna" was under lease since 2003, said their latest offer was 40 million euros (57 million dollars), but nothing happened.

dealer to conduct transactions Christoph Graf Douglas (Christoph Graf Douglas) said the final purchase price amounted to more than 50 million euros - is the largest sum ever paid for a work of art in Germany. to name a precise figure of the dealer refused to of the agreement between the buyer and sellers.

«This is an important piece of art sold in Germany since World War II. I had other clients at this picture, but they all wanted to take out her out of the country, which was denied. I could easily sell more expensive canvas € 100 million, if its export is not vetoed, "- told Bloomberg by phone Graf Douglas. Among the other interested clients dealer mentioned, in particular, the Los Angeles Museum Getty.

Canvas "Madonna Mayer" was written by Hans Holbein the Younger about 1525-1528 optional Mayor Jakob Meyer zum Basel Hazen (Jakob Meyer zum Hasen). The picture shows members of the family Meyer, bowing knees at the feet of the Madonna, turning to her with prayer. This picture of Meyer owned nearly a hundred years.

Earl Douglas calls the style of the "transition from the magnificent late Gothic to the Renaissance," and the painting " Full of mysticism, "especially if a closer look at it.

The new owner has promised to leave Wurth," Meyer Madonna "available to the public, and called Shtedelevsky Museum in Frankfurt and Darmstadt Landesmuzey" preferred lenders paintings ».

Wurth Collection consists of more than 14 thousand items - from work Anish Kapoor (Anish Kapoor) and Henry Moore (Henry Moore) to Pablo Picasso (Pablo Picasso) and Max Beckmann ( Max Beckmann). In 2003, Earl Douglas Wurth assisted in the purchase of a collection of Furstenberg, and since then the collection of German works of the artists tycoon appeared early Middle Ages - Lucas Cranach (Lucas Cranach), Tilman Riemenschneider (Tilman Riemenschneider), and others. Wurth family has adapted by permanent showroom for his collection of the XII century church Yohanniterhalle (Johanniterhalle) in Schwäbisch Hall.

On "Wurth Group" employs 65 thousand people in 84 countries. Sales of the company that produces professional tools and chemical-technical products, for the first half of 2011 amounted to 4.78 billion euros, according to the site.

Shtedelevskogo Museum Director Max Golleyn (Max Hollein) said that 40 million euros have been for them "absolute limit", the last sentence of prices after several years of negotiations. Chairman of the Museum Shvaykkart Nikolaus (Nikolaus Schweickart) noted that the plan was also discussed buying fabric with Wurth.

«Madonna Mayer "will stay in Shtedelevskom Museum until July 24, after which the painting will transport in Yohanniterhalle.

Prepared by Mary Onuchina, AI < /p>

Sources : bloomberg.com , artinvestment.ru