Provenance
1Bertha Gräfin von Francken-Sierstorpff Eltville am Rhein • by 1925 until [d.] 1949 Ausstellung von Meisterwerken alter Meister aus Privatbesitz, (exh. cat.) Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt/Main 1925, no. 241. AStEGB, Letter from A. & R. Ball, New York, to Emil Bührle, 25 December 1950, mentioning that the painting had been removed from the list of works of art banned from export from Germany only in summer 1950, following an application of the former owners.
2A. & R. Ball, Inc. New York • by 1950 AStEGB, Correspondence between A. & R. Ball, Works of Art, New York, and Emil Bührle or Dr. Walter Drack [curator of the Bührle Collection], 12 December 1950–10 March 1951, offering paintings, including Tintoretto's Salita al Calvario. Letter as above, n. (1), indicates $ 35.000 as an asking price for the Tintoretto.
3Marlborough Fine Art Ltd. London • by 1953/54 Most probably acquired from the above, Information given by Marlborough International Fine Art to Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, 24 August 2012; AStEGB, Letter from F. K. Lloyd, Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., London, to Emil Bührle, 2 April 1954, offering the picture and providing detailed references; Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by European Masters, (exh. cat.) Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., London 1953, no. 3.
4Emil Bührle Zurich • 25 June 1954 until [d.] 28 November 1956 Acquired from the above, AStEGB, Invoice from Trafo Anstalt für Handel und Finanz, Vaduz [Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., London], made out to Emil Bührle, 8 June 1954, for four paintings, including Tintoretto, Salita al Calvario, amounting to a total of CHF 560'000; Letter from Dr. O. Maurer [Secretary General of Oerlikon Bührle & Co.] to Trafo Anstalt für Handel und Finanz, Vaduz, 19 June 1954, confirming payment of CHF 451'250 as part of a larger settlement made for art acquisitions; Letter from Trafo Anstalt für Handel und Finanz, Vaduz, to Emil Bührle, 25 June 1954, acknowledging receipt of this amount.
5Given by the heirs of Emil Bührle to the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection Zurich • 1960 Inv. 146.
AStEGB = Archive of the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich
Rodolfo Pallucchini, Paola Rossi, Tintoretto, Le opere sacre e profane, Milan, 1982.
Exhibitions
1925Ausstellung von Meisterwerken alter Meister aus Privatbesitz Städelsches Kunstinstitut • Frankfurt/ Main • 1925 no. 241.
1953De Venetiaanse Meesters Rijksmuseum • Amsterdam • 1953 no. 107.
1953Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by European Masters Marlborough Fine Art Ltd. • London • 1953 no. 3.
1955Alte Meister aus der Sammlung E. Bührle, Zürich Jegenstorf Castle • Jegenstorf (Bern) • 1955 no. 37.
1958Sammlung Emil G. Bührle, Festschrift zu Ehren von Emil G. Bührle zur Eröffnung des Kunsthaus-Neubaus und Katalog der Sammlung Emil G. Bührle Kunsthaus Zurich • 1958 no. 61.
References
1923Erich von der Bercken • August L. Mayer Jacopo Tintoretto Munich • 1923 • vol. 1 • p. 267 (n. 1).
1925Oswald Götz «Leihausstellung aus Privatbesitz im Städelschen Kunstinstitut» in Cicerone (17) • 1925 • pp. 732 (ill., left), 734.
1925Rosy Schilling «Ausstellung von Meisterwerken alter Meister aus Privatbesitz» in Belvedere-Forum(8/2) • 1925 • pp. 87–88.
1942Erich von der Bercken Die Gemälde des Jacopo Tintoretto Munich • 1942 • p. 89, fig. 218, no. 91.
1948Hans Tietze Tintoretto, Gemälde und Zeichnungen London • 1948 • p. 374.
1953Rodolfo Pallucchini «Cinque secoli di pittura veneta a Sciaffusa, ad Amsterdam ed a Bruxelles e tre secoli a Parigi» in Arte Veneta (7) • 1953 • p. 198.
1957Bernard Berenson Italian Pictures of the Renaissance, Venetian School London • 31957 • vol. 1 • p. 172.
1958William R. Rearick «Battista Franco and the Grimani Chapel» in Saggi e memorie de storia dell'arte (2) • 1958 • p. 114, n. 44.
1970Carlo Bernari • Pierluigi De Vecchi L'opera completa del Tintoretto Milan • 1970 • no. A35 (ill.; French edition: Sylvie Béguin, Pierluigi De Vecchio. Tout l'oeuvre peint de Tintoret, Paris 1971).
1973Leopold Reidemeister etc. Stiftung Sammlung Emil G. Bührle / Fondation Collection Emil G. Bührle / Foundation Emil G. Bührle Collection Zurich & Munich • 1973 • no. 149 (ill.;21986).
1974Fritz Heinemann «Die venezianische Frühzeit, Versuch einer Rekonstruktion» in Der innerösterreichische Hofkünstler Giovanni Pietro de Pomis 1569 bis 1633 Kurt Woisetschläger (ed.) • Graz etc. • 1974 • p. 142, fig. 36.
1978«Repertorium venezianischer Gemälde in öffentlichem Schweizer Besitz» in Venezianische Kunst in der Schweiz und in Liechtenstein (exh. cat.) • Seedamm-Kulturzentrum • Pfäffikon (Schwyz) • 1978 • no. R66 (ill.; French edition: «Répertoire des peintures vénitiennes appartenant aux collections publiques de Suisse», in Art vénitien en Suisse et au Liechtenstein, Musée d'art et d'histoire, Geneva 1978).
1982Rodolfo Pallucchini • Paola Rossi Tintoretto, Le opere sacre e profane Milan • 1982 • vol. 1, no. 449 • vol. 2, fig. 574 (21990).
1994Emil Maurer Stiftung Sammlung E.G. Bührle, Zürich Bern • 1994 • p. 27 (English edition: Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich, Bern 1995).
2005Lukas Gloor, Marco Goldin (ed.) Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich, Catalogue vol. 1 • Conegliano & Zurich • 2005 • no. 29 (ill.; German edition: Stiftung Sammlung E.G. Bührle, Katalog • Italian edition: Fondazione Collezione E.G. Bührle, Catalogo).
2021Lukas Gloor «The Holdings of the Emil Bührle Collection: Illustrated List of All 633 Purchases» in The Emil Bührle Collection: History, Full Catalogue and 70 Masterpieces Swiss Institute for Art Research, Zurich (ed.) • Munich • 2021 • no. 400 (ill.).