? Commissioned by members of the Cockaert and Van Cattenbroeck families, Brussels, possibly Gérard Cockaert (d. 1546) and his wife Marguerite-Madeleine van Cattenbroeck (d. 1540), c. 1500-10; …; unknown hospital, Tienen (Tirlemont), Belgium, before 1914; …; sale collection Arthur Sambon (1867 <about:blank>-1947 <about:blank>), Paris (Galerie Georges Petit), 25-28 May 1914, no. 389, frs. 3000, to ‘De Tinan’,{Copy RKD. This ‘De Tinan’ is certain to have been a member of the Le Barbier de Tinan family, who resided in the vicinity of Jumièges, most probably Maurice Le Barbier de Tinan (1842-1918).} for the Lepel-Cointet family and their ‘Musée de Jumièges’ (near Rouen); …; collection Charles Van Herck (1884-1955) and his heirs, in or after 1946; private collection, Antwerp; …; from the dealer Lucas J. Kumps, Antwerp,{Provenance reconstructed in I. Ippel, ‘A Christmas Crib as a Meek Heart of the Late Mediaeval Christian’, _The Rijksmuseum Bulletin_ 62 (2014), pp. 330-47, esp. pp. 341-43.} to Aimé Van Strydonck, Antwerp, c. 1998; his wife Mrs M. Van Strydonck-Dausy, Antwerp, 2011; from whom, including [BK-2013-14-2](/en/collection/BK-2013-14-2), €125,000, to the museum, with the support of the Frits en Phine Verhaaff Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and the Ebus Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds, 25 September 2013
Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)