In honor of the Conference "Tracking Looted Art, we are looking at some digital tools and methods that may be helpful.
1) Look at the names that appear in provenances published by the auction houses that sell the restituted artworks after the Nazi-looted art has been restituted to the Jewish families
==> Which names appear BETWEEN two dates:
- the date of Nazi LOOTING/seizure/forced sale/duress sale, AND
- the date of RESTITUTION.
In this approach, we focus, not on the plundered Jewish collector* or on the agent of Nazi looting, but on the intermediaries in the art market though whom the looted artwork passes before it is discovered and restituted.
Why? Because if they traded in one artwork that was looted, it cannot be excluded that they traded in more.
Example: Christie's sales of artworks containing the word "restituted" in the provenances
| Artist and artwork | Provenance |
| Lucas Cranach the Elder and workshop Kronach 1472-1553 Weimar;Venus and Cupid, the Honey Thief;with the artist's serpent device and date '1533' (lower center);oil on panel;67¼ x 27½ in. 170.8 x 69.9 cm.;With inscription 'DVMPVER ALVEOLOF VRATVR MELLA CVPIDO FVRANTI DIGITVM CVSPITE APIS SICECIAMNOBIS BREVISE TPERITVRAVOLVPTAS QVAMPETIMVS TRISTIMIXTA DOLORENOGET' (upper right) | with Ch. A. de Burlet, Basel.;with Jacques Goudstikker, Amsterdam, 1928.;Looted by the Nazi authorities, July 1940.;Recovered by the Allies, 1945.;in the custody of the Dutch Government.;Restituted in February 2006 to the heir of Jacques Goudstikker. |
| Dutch School, c. 1660;The Doctor's Visit;oil on canvas;19 ¼ x 16 ¼ in. (48.9 x 41.3 cm.) | with Jacques Goudstikker, Amsterdam (as van Ochterveld), inv. 311.;Looted by the Nazi Authorities, July 1940.;Restituted in March 2005 to the heir of Jacques Goudstikker. |
| Franz von Stuck (German, 1863-1928);Die Sinnlichkeit;signed 'FRANZ/STUCK' (lower right);oil on canvas;19 7/8 x 14¼ in. (50.5 x 36.3 cm.);Painted circa 1891. | Karl Haberstock, March 1941.;Acquired from the above by Karl Brandt.;Anonymous sale, Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 21 May 1969, lot 1494.;Galerie Gunzenhauser, Munich.;Piccadilly Gallery, London.;Private collection, California.;Restituted to the heirs of Fritz Gutmann in 2009. |
| Vincenzo Chilone (Venice 1758-1839);The Regatta on the Grand Canal, Venice, looking towards the Palazzo Foscari and Palazzo Balbi;oil on canvas;21 7/8 x 38 ¼ in. (55.6 x 97 cm.) | John (d. 1934) and Anna Jaffé (d. 1942), Villa Jaffé, Nice;Sale 'Collection John Jaffé' ordered by the Comissariat aux questions juives de l'Etat français, Hôtel Savoy, Nice, 12-13 July 1943, lot 97, as 'Genre de Bellotto' (FF 48,000 to Mme Bonfils).;with Galerie Charpentier, Paris, by 1944.;Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 3 July 1985, lot 133, as 'Follower of Michele Marieschi', when acquired by the following.;Private collection, Italy.;Restituted to the heirs of Anna and John Jaffé, with the assistance of Art Recovery Group, Ltd. |
| Edvard Munch;Young Woman on the Beach (Sch. 42, W. 49III);aquatint and drypoint with burnishing, printed in pale blue, brown, grey and pink, 1896, on Arches laid paper with a partial watermark, signed in pencil, dedicated a monsieur in pencil (the name erased), a very fine and delicate impression of this rare and important print, Woll's third variant (of seven), probably printed by A. Porcaboeuf at Atelier A. Salmon, Paris, with wide margins, probably the full sheet, with deckle edges on three sides, pale light and mount staining, remains of adhesive and minor skinning at the sheet corners recto, generally in good condition;P. 290 x 220 mm., S. 450 x 311 mm. | Dr. Curt Glaser (1879-1943), Berlin, the forced sale of his collection, Max Perl, Berlin, 18 and 19 May 1933, lot 1105 (estimate 80 M).;Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen, Berlin (cf. L. 1606), with their acquisition stamp dated 1933 (this stamp not in Lugt), inventory number 28 in pencil, purchased at the above sale, with their de-accession stamp dated 2012 in pencil (not in Lugt).;Restituted to the heirs of Dr. Curt Glaser in 2012. |
| AN EGYPTIAN ENCAUSTIC ON WOOD MUMMY PORTRAIT OF A BEARDED MAN;HADRIANIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.;12 ¼ in. (31.1 cm.) long | Rudolf Mosse (1843-1920), Berlin, thence by descent to his daughter, Felicia Lachmann-Mosse.;Seized by the Nazi Party in 1933.;Kunstsammlung Rudolf Mosse, Berlin, Rudolph Lepke Kunst-Auctions-Haus, Berlin, 29-30 May 1934, lot 158 (part).;Erich Maria Remarque (1898-1970), author of All's Quiet on the Western Front, and his wife Paulette Goddard-Remarque, Germany and Switzerland, 1934-1979.;The University of Zurich, acquired from the above, 1979.;Restituted to the Mosse Art Restitution Project, Berlin, 2015. |
| Gustave Moreau (French, 1826-1898);Le triomphe de Bacchus;signed '-Gustave Moreau-' (lower left);oil on panel;9 1/8 x 7 in. (23.2 x 17.8 cm.);Painted circa 1875-76. | The artist.;Auguste Donatis, acquired directly from the above.;with Arnold and Tripp, Paris.;Louise Joséphine Amélie de Saint-Alary (1863-1922), Comtesse de Roederer, Paris, acquired directly from the above.;Georges Wildenstein (1892–1963), Paris.;Confiscated from the above when stored in vault 6, Banque de France, Paris, by the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg, ERR no. W166.;Transferred to the Devisenschutzkommandos, 30 October 1940.;Transferred to the Jeu de Paume, Paris.;Transferred to Fussen, Germany, 15 January 1943.;Recovered by the Monuments, Fine Art and Archives Section from the 'Large Peter' salt mines, Alt Ausse, Austria, no. 206/36.;Transferred to the Central Collecting Point, Munich, no. 212/36, 20 June 1945.;Repatriated to France, 18 April 1946.;Restituted to the Wildenstein Collection, Paris.;Daniel Wildenstein (1917–2001), Paris, by descent.;Private collection, since 1974. |
| THE MASTER OF FRANKFURT (ACTIVE ANTWERP, LATE 15TH/EARLY 16TH CENTURY);Portrait of a man, traditionally identified as Emperor Ferdinand I, half-length, in a fur-lined overmantle;oil on panel, shaped top, in an engaged frame;14 1⁄4 x 10 3⁄4 in. (36.1 x 27.2 cm.) | Edmond Riel de Beurnonville, Pillet, Paris, 9-16 May 1881, lot 324, as ‘Hans Holbein’.;M. Édouard Aynard, (†) his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, 1 December 1913, lot 27, as ‘École de Holbein,’ when acquired by the following;with Julius Böhler, Munich, until February 1917, when acquired by the following;with A.S. Drey, Munich.;Julius and Camilla Priester, Vienna, from whom confiscated by the Gestapo, 11 February 1944.;Anonymous sale, Dorotheum, Vienna, 17 October 1995, lot 375, as 'Follower of Hans Holbein'.;with Galerie de Jonckheere, Paris, 1996.;Private collection, France, Christie’s, London, 7 July 2006, lot 114 (withdrawn).;Restituted to the heirs of Julius and Camilla Priester, 2008. |
| Attributed to David Teniers II (Antwerp 1610-1690 Brussels);Peasants by a cottage;oil on panel;9¼ x 7¼ in. (23.5 x 18.5 cm.) | Hans Ludwig Larsen, Wassenaar (1892-1937), by 1935;Loaned by Susanne Menzel Larsen (1911-2001) to the De Lakenhal Museum, Leiden, 6 July, 1939;Confiscated by the German authorities following the occupation of The Netherlands, after May 1940;Sale, Van Marle and Bignell, the Hague, 25 January, 1943, lot 70;Acquired for the Sonderauftrag Linz by Dr. Erhard Göpel for the Führer Museum, Linz (Linz no. 2763);Recovered by the Monuments Fine Arts and Archives Section from the Salt Mines at Alt Aussee (Alt Aussee no. 2370);and transferred to the Central Collecting Point, Munich, 10 July, 1945 (MCCP no. 3632);Transferred to the Stichting Nederlandsch Kunstbezit, The Netherlands, 15 February, 1946 (NK 1417);Restituted to the heirs of Hans Ludwig Larsen, 2014. |
| Caspar Netscher (?Heidelberg 1639-1684 The Hague);Woman feeding a parrot;signed and dated 'CNetscher. Ao. 16.66.' (CN linked) (lower left);oil on panel;18 1/8 x 14 5/8 in. (46 x 37 cm.) | (Probably) Pierre Plongeron, The Hague (chamberlain to Elector Palatinate + 1694, inventory of his estate, 27.IX1694: 'een vroutien op peneel met papegaai op de hant, van Netsger').;Johan Wilhelm II (1658-1716), Elector Palatine, Düsseldorf.;Mannheim Gallery, until 1799.;Alte Pinakothek, Munich, by 1833, inv. 1399, until 1936.;with Julius Böhler, Munich, 1936.;with Katz, Dieren, 1937.;Hugo Andriesse, Brussels;Deposited with the Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1939;Confiscated following the German occupation by the Einsatztab Reichsleiter Rosenberg (ERR no. HA 9);Transferred to the Jeu de Paume, Paris, March 12, 1942;Acquired for Reichsmarshall Hermann Goering, March 20, 1944 (RM no. 1203);Transferred to the Bunker Kurfrst, Potsdam.;with Galerie Abels, Cologne, 1950.;Rudolf Ziersch, Wuppertal, by whom given to the Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, 1952 (inv. 659).;Restituted to the heirs of Hugo and Elisabeth Andriesse, 2014 |
| Gerrit van Honthorst (Utrecht 1592-1656);The Duet;signed and dated 'GHonthorst.fe 1624.' (upper right);oil on canvas;30¾ x 37¼ in. (78 x 94.5 cm.) | Count Alexander Stroganov, St. Petersburg, acquired after 1793 and by descent to;Count Sergei Stroganov, St. Petersburg, until 1912.;The Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg until 1931.;Stroganov sale, Lepke, Berlin, 12 May 1931, lot 37 (RM 2400).;Collection Bruno and Ellen Spiro, Hamburg and later Berlin by 7 October 1931.;Anonymous sale, Lepke, Berlin, 25 April 1934, lot 55 (unsold).;Anonymous sale, Lepke, Berlin, 4-5 November 1937, lot 162c (unsold).;Sale, 'Union', Leo Spik, Berlin, 26 April 1938, lot 244 (clearance sale of the contents of the Spiro Villa at Heerstrasse 85, Berlin-Charlottenburg), sold for RM 2000.;Dr. Wilhelm, Hofgeismar, until 1945.;Dr. Poggenpohl, Hannover, until 1949.;E. Pfeiffer, Hannover, until 1952.;Dr. Braun, Hannover-Herrenhausen.;Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, acquired in 1969 with funds from the William Cheney and Horsley & Annie Townsend Bequests.;Restituted to the heirs of Bruno and Ellen Spiro, April 2013. |
| Hans Baldung, called Hans Baldung Grien (?Schwäbisch Gmünd 1484/5-1545 Strasbourg);Portrait of a young man, bust-length, with his head turned to the left;signed with the artist's monogram 'HB' and dated '1509' (upper right);oil on panel;18½ x 13 3/8 in. (46.5 x 33.7 cm.) | A. Strölin, Paris and Lausanne, by 1923.;with the art market, Switzerland, 1924.;Fritz B. Gutmann, Berlin and subsequently Heemstede, The Netherlands, 1924, involuntary sale, 10 March 1941 to;Karl Haberstock, Berlin.;with the art market, London, 1948.;with the art market, New York, 1953.;with Rudolf Heinemann, New York, 1954.;Rutgers University Art Gallery, New Brunswick, to whom gifted in 1959, and Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, by 1966.;Restituted to the Heirs of Fritz Gutmann, 2010. |
| Alfred Sisley (1839-1899);Soleil de printemps - Le Loing;signed and dated 'Sisley.92' (lower right);oil on canvas;23¾ x 29 in. (60.4 x 73.5 cm.);Painted in 1892 | Eugène Blot, Paris, sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 9-10 May 1900, lot 153.;Louis Hirsch, Paris (acquired at the above sale).;Alice Hirsch, Paris (by descent from the above, 1932).;On deposit with the Embassy of Argentina, Paris (late 1939).;German Occupation Army, Paris (seized from the above, mid-1942).;Private collection, Japan.;Restituted to the Hirsch family heirs (March 2004). |
| John Constable, R.A. (East Bergholt, Suffolk 1776-1837 Hampstead);Beaching a Boat, Brighton;oil on paper, laid down on canvas;10 ¼ x 12 in. (26.1 x 30.4 cm.) | By descent to Isabel Constable (d. 1888), the artist’s daughter, Christie’s, London, 17 June 1892, lot 254, when acquired by the following, with Dowdeswell, London.;P.A. Chéramy, Paris, by 1902, his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 5-7 May 1908, lot 19, when acquired by the following, Baron Ferenc Hatvany (1881-1958), from whom looted after the German invasion of Hungary in 1944.;Mr Meyer, from whom acquired by the following;in 1962, with Leger Galleries, London, from whom acquired by the following, Broadway Art Gallery, Broadway, Worcestershire, from whom acquired by the following, Mrs P.M. Rainsford, by whom presented to the Tate Gallery in 1986.;Restituted to the heirs of Baron Ferenc Hatvany in 2016. |
| ANDRÉ DERAIN (1880-1954);Paysage à Cassis;signed 'a Derain' (lower right);oil on canvas;21 ¼ x 25 5/8 in. (53.9 x 65 cm.);Painted in 1907 | Galerie Kahnweiler, Paris (acquired from the artist), second sale of sequestered art, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 17-18 November 1921, lot 58.;René Gimpel, Paris (acquired at the above sale).;Pierre and Denise Lévy, Troyes (acquired circa 1948).;French State (gift from the above, 1976, on extended loan to the Musée d’Art Moderne, Troyes).;Restituted to the Gimpel Family in November 2020 further to the Paris Court of Appeal decision dated 30 September 2020. |
| A SILVERED BRONZE, ENAMELED SILVER AND GILT-BRONZE ELEPHANT AUTOMATON CLOCK;AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1600-1610;The clock is in the form of an elephant, with a howdah in the form of a castle tower, with four turbaned soldiers with raised scimitars which rotate around the tower, there are two enameled dials and two glass dials through which the clock works are visible, the elephant’s eyes move and he is accompanied by two mahouts, one riding on his back and a second walking alongside, all on a naturalistically-cast ground on a silver-mounted ebony and ebonized pearwood veneered base over an oak carcass, which encloses further mechanics which propel the automaton forward in a slight circle, the works are currently partially non-functioning but are largely intact and, with restoration, will almost certainly be able to function and detailed condition reports are available upon request.;Approximately 13.7 in. (35 cm.) height overall, 3.5 in. (9 cm.) height of pedestal, 10.2 in. (26 cm.) height of elephant from ground to top of tower | Hannah Mathilde Baroness von Rothschild (1832-1924) and Wilhelm Carl Baron von Rothschild (1828-1901), Schloss Grüneburg, Frankfurt am Main and Königstein im Taunus [unconfirmed].;Minna Karoline (Minka) Baroness von Goldschmidt-Rothschild (1857-1903) and Maximilian Baron von Goldschmidt-Rothschild (1843-1940), Rothschild Palais, Bockenheimer Landstraße 10, Frankfurt am Main, until 1938.;Museum für Kunsthandwerk (now the Museum Angewandte Kunst), Frankfurt am Main, 11 November, 1938 (inv. no. G.R.1353) [von Goldschmidt-Rothschild’s forced sale to the City of Frankfurt am Main].;With Carl Müller-Ruzika, art dealership, Frankfurt am Main, 1943 [the museum traded von Goldschmidt-Rothschild’s clock for a ‘Louis XV Bronze Wall Clock‘].;Art market, Frankfurt am Main or Cologne, 1943-late 1940s [unconfirmed].;Dr. Irmgard Baroness von Lemmers-Danforth (1892-1984), late 1940s-1963.;Städtische Museen of the city of Wetzlar, Sammlung Dr. Irmgard von Lemmers-Danforth: Europäische Wohnkultur der Renaissance und des Barock, Palais Papius, Wetzlar, 1963-2021.;Restituted by the city of Wetzlar to the heirs of Maximilian Baron von Goldschmidt-Rothschild, 2021. |
| Jan Josefsz. van Goyen (Leiden 1596-1656 The Hague);A winter scene with skaters and a village beyond;signed and dated 'I V GOIEN 1626' (lower right);oil on panel;12 5/8 x 19 7/8 in. (32 x 50.5 cm.) | J.T. Irving, Glasgow, Christie's, London, 23 March 1934, lot 34 (360 gns. to Speelman).;with D. Katz, Dieren, 1934-1935.;Hans Ludwig Larsen, Wassenaar (1892-1937), by 1935;Loaned by Susanne Menzel Larsen (1911-2001) to the De Lakenhal Museum, Leiden, 6 July, 1939;Confiscated by the German authorities following the occupation of The Netherlands, after May 1940;Sale, Van Marle and Bignell, the Hague, 25 January, 1943, lot 29;Acquired for the Sonderauftrag Linz by Dr. Erhard Göpel (Linz no. 2776);Recovered by the Monuments Fine Arts and Archives Section from the Salt Mines at Alt Aussee (Alt Aussee no. 5934);and transferred to the Central Collecting Point, Munich, 10 October, 1945 (MCCP no. 10720);Transferred to the Stichting Nederlandsch Kunstbezit, The Netherlands, 8 July, 1946 (NK 2463);Restituted to the heirs of Hans Ludwig Larsen, 2014. |
| Edouard Vuillard (1868-1940);Le salon de Madame Aron;signed 'E. Vuillard' (lower right);oil on board laid down on cradled panel;21 7/8 x 24½ in. (56 x 62 cm.);Painted in 1911-1912 | Jos Hessel, Paris (acquired from the artist, 23 December 1935).;M. Bellanger, Paris (acquired from the above by May 1938).;Galerie Raphaël Gérard, Paris.;Alfred Lindon, Paris (acquired from the above, before 19 February 1940).;On deposit with the Chase Deposit Co., Paris.;Following the Nazi Occupation, confiscated by the Devisenschutz-Kommando, Paris (5 December 1940).;Einsatztab Reichsleiter Rosenberg, Paris (transferred from the above, until 30 July 1942).;(possibly) Paul Strecker, Cologne.;Galerie Jacques Dubourg, Paris (by 1956).;National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (acquired from the above, 17 October 1956).;Restituted to the heirs of Alfred Lindon, July 2006. |
| Nicolaes Berchem (Haarlem 1620-1683 Amsterdam);An Italiante landscape with shepherds, cows and sheep;signed 'Berchem' (lower left);oil on canvas;25 5/8 x 32 1/8 in. (65 x 81.5 cm.) | Hans Ludwig Larsen, Wassenaar, (1892-1937);Susanne Menzel Larsen (1911-2001), on loan to the De Lakenhal Museum, Leiden, 6 July, 1939;Confiscated by the German authorities following the occupation of The Netherlands, after May 1940;Sale, Van Marle and Bignell, the Hague, 25 January, 1943, lot 5;Gustav Cramer Alte Kunst, The Hague, acquired at the above;with Vitale Bloch, The Hague and Paris, 1943.;Acquired for the Sonderauftrag Linz by Dr. Erhard Göpel 24 February, 1943 (Linz no. 2779);Recovered by the Monuments Fine Arts & Archives Section from the Salt Mines at Alt Aussee (No. 3541);Transferred to the Central Collecting Point, Munich, 19 July, 1945 (MCCP no. 4892);Transferred to the Stichting Nederlandsch Kunstbezit, The Netherlands, 18 June, 1946 (NK 1447);Restituted to the heirs of Hans Ludwig Larsen, 2014. |
| Jean-François Raffaëlli (French, 1850-1924);Le Rhône à Avignon;signed 'JF RAFFAËLLI' (lower left);oil on board;25 3/8 x 31¾ in. (64.4 x 80.6 cm.) | Hans (Jean Furstenberg), Paris.;Confiscated from the above following the German Occupation.;Recovered by the Monuments Fine Arts and Archives Section from Chiemsee Palace, Bavaria (Chiemsee no. 88/1), and transferred to the Munich Central Collecting Point, October 22, 1945 (MCCP no. 11535/1).;Repatriated to France August 23, 1946, and restituted to Hans (Jean) Furstenberg thereafter.;Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, New York, 1 May 2001, lot 125.;Acquired at the above sale by the present owner. |
| Kazimir Malevich (1878-1935);Suprematist Composition;oil on canvas;34 7/8 x 28 in. (88.7 x 71.1 cm.);Painted in 1916 | The artist.;With Hugo Häring, Berlin and Biberach;Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (acquired from the above, circa 1958).;Restituted to the family of the artist (2008), sale, Sotheby's, New York, 3 November 2008, lot 6.;Acquired at the above sale by the present owner. |
| Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (Austrian, 1793-1865);Three graces garlanded with roses;signed and dated 'Waldmüller/1856' (lower right);oil on panel;32¼ x 25 5/8 in. (82 x 65 cm.) | Herr von Vlastov, 1865.;Olga Storzer, Prague.;Private collection, Budapest.;Acquired in 1941 through Hermann Hoffmann by The German Reich for the planned Führermuseum, Linz (inv. no. 2001).;Transferred to the Munich Central Collecting Point by Allied Forces (Inv. no. 8590) and restituted to Austria (BDA Salzburg) in 1952.;Stored at Mauerbach and restituted in 1979.;Anonymous Sale, Dorotheum, Vienna, 17 Nov. 1981, lot 185. |
| Salomon van Ruysdael Naarden 1600/3-1670 Haarlem;Ferry Boat with cattle on the River Vecht near Nijenrode;signed and dated 'S.v.Ruysdael 1649' (on the ferry);Oil on panel;22 7/8 x 33 in. 58 x 84 cm. | D. von Raumer, Berlin.;with Dr. C. Benedict, Paris.;with Jacques Goudstikker, Amsterdam, 1932.;Looted by the Nazi authorities, July 1940.;Recovered by the Allies, 1945.;in the custody of the Dutch Government.;Restituted in February 2006 to the heir of Jacques Goudstikker. |
| Pieter Brueghel II (Brussels 1564/5-1637/8 Antwerp);Peasants in an open wagon;oil on panel;4½ x 9½ in. (11.5 x 24 cm.) | with Galerie P. de Boer, Amsterdam, 1934.;Hans Ludwig Larsen, Wassenaar, (1892-1937);Loaned by Susanne Menzel Larsen (1911-2001) to the De Lakenhal Museum, Leiden, 6 July, 1939;Confiscated by the German authorities following the occupation of The Netherlands, after May 1940;Sale, Van Marle and Bignell, the Hague, 25 January, 1943, lot 12;Acquired for the Sonderauftrag Linz by Dr. Erhard Göpel for the Sonderauftrag Linz (Linz no. 2760);Recovered by the Monuments Fine Arts and Archives Section from the Salt Mines at Alt Aussee (Alt Aussee no. 3140);and transferred to the Central Collecting Point, Munich, 15 July, 1945 (MCCP no. 4491);Transferred to the Stichting Nederlandsch Kunstbezit, The Netherlands, 15 January, 1946 (NK 1410);Restituted to the heirs of Hans Ludwig Larsen, 2014. |
| EMANUEL DE WITTE (ALKMAAR C. 1617-1691/2 AMSTERDAM);Interior of the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, with a trompe l'oeil curtain and frame;oil on canvas;31 3⁄4 x 36 1⁄4 in. (80.5 x 92.5 cm.) | N.J.W. Smallenburg van Stellendam-née Thooft de la Haye and Myrtil Schleisinger, Brussels, Frederik Muller, Amsterdam, 6 May 1913, lot 120 (f 3,400), when acquired by the following;Jonkheer van der Poll, Amsterdam.;Ursula Martha Kneppelhout-van Braam (1825-1919), Amsterdam, Frederik Muller, Amsterdam, 16 December 1919, lot 104 (f 6,000).;Julius and Camilla Priester, Vienna, from whom confiscated by the Gestapo, 11 February 1944.;Private collection, Austria.;Restituted to the heirs of Julius and Camilla Priester, 2019. |
| DOMÉNIKOS THEOTOKÓPOULOS, CALLED EL GRECO (CRETE 1541-1614 TOLEDO);Portrait of a gentleman, half-length, in black, his right hand resting on a book;inscribed and dated ‘NASCITUR SESTO CALEND. SEPTEB/ANNO DNI M.D. XXIII. / DEPINGITUR VERO II DE IUN. M.D. LXX’ (centre left);oil on canvas;39 3⁄8 x 32 5⁄8 in. (100 x 82.8 cm.) |
