Literature
Edwin Buijsen, Ick soeck en vind, Zwolle, 2023, fig. 1.22
Pennen over penselen, Den Haag; Zwolle, 2022, pp. 424-425
Provenance
Leopold II, king of Belgium, Brussels, until 1909
Franz Kleinberger Gallery, Paris, 1910 (as Thomas de Keyser)
Max Flersheim, Paris, 1909-1910
Franz Kleinberger Gallery, Paris, 1910 (for 3,000 francs to Schloss)
Adolphe Schloss, Paris, 1910
his wife, Mathilde Lucie Schloss (née Haas), Paris, 1911-1938 (from 1923 as Adriaen van de Venne)
her children, Marguerite, Lucien, Henri, Raymond and Juliette Weil (née Schloss), Paris, 1938-1939
transferred to Château de Chambon, Laguene (Corrèze), 19-20 August 1938
confiscated by the SS and French Gestapo, taken over by the French authorities, 16 April 1943
transferred to Banque de France, Limoges, 24 April 1943
transferred to Banque Dreyfuss, Paris, 11 August 1943
transferred to Jeu de Paume, Paris, 2 November 1943
transferred to the Führerbau, Munich, 24 November 1943
arrival at the Führerbau, Munich, 2 December 1943
stolen by unknown individuals from the Führerbau, Munich, 29-30 April 1945
hidden in the Old Botanical Gardens, Munich, c. 1945-1946
discovered by Ulrich Toepser and moved to Barntrupp (Nordrhein-Westfalen)
taken by British officials to Schloss Dyck, Bedburdyck, Jüchen (Nordrhein-Westfalen), 27 December 1946
transferred to Central Collecting Point, Munich (Mu-Nr. 44611), 14 August 1947
transferred to the Schloss heirs, 21 January 1948
Schloss heirs, 1948-1951
their sale, Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Rheims & Baudoin, 5 December 1951, nr. 58 (for 340,000 francs to Hoogendijk)
D.A. Hoogendijk Gallery, Amsterdam, 1951-1952
private collection, United States, in or after 1952-2010
private collection, United States, 2010-2021
acquired with the support of the VriendenLoterij, the Rembrandt Association (thanks in part to its Themafonds 17de-eeuwse Schilderkunst) and Mr H.B. van der Ven, 2021
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Other works by Adriaen van de Venne
Peasants fighting
1639
1639
'Wat maeckme al om gelt'
1625
1625
Fishing for Souls
1614
1614
Allegory of Poverty
c. 1635
c. 1635
Frederick and Elizabeth of Bohemia on Horseback
1626
1626