Fritz Petzholdt
German Landscape with View towards a Broad Valley
c. 1829-3013.2 x 24.6 cm
Oil on paper, laid down on canvas
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Gift of Wheelock Whitney III, in honor of Eugene V. Thaw, 2009
Provenance
the artist's brother-in-law, Gottlieb Collin, Copenhagen, until d. 1886
his estate (reportedly sold with Collin's collection of works by Petzholdt, apparently within his family)
possibly August Collin, Denmark, until d. 1939
Lauritz P. Larsen, Denmark, after 1939
his daughter and son-in-law, Nelly Larsen Dam and Dr. Johannes Dam, Denmark, until her d. 1964
Dr. Johannes Dam, Denmark, 1964-at least 1985
private collection, Denmark, until 2007
sale, Bruun Rasmussen Bredgade, Copenhagen, September 6-17, 2007, no. 1168, Whitney
Wheelock Whitney III, Rhinebeck, N.Y., 2007-9
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Wheelock Whitney III, 2009