Found-Object Report | Object report
Young lady in white dress and blue scarf [Portrait of a lady with a blue scarf].
Lost Art-ID
414776
Artist
Waldmüller, Ferdinand Georg
Birth
1793.01.15, Wien
Death
1865.08.23, Helmstreitmühle (Baden)
Place of activity
Preßburg; Agram; Wien
Title
Young lady in white dress and blue scarf [Portrait of a lady with a blue scarf].
Datierung
1829
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Oil : Wood / painted
Height
31.00 cm
Width
26.50 cm
Inventory number
mü10502
Description
Bust portrait of a lady in three-quarter profile with curly hairdo and golden earrings. She is wearing a white, elegant dress with a blue scarf. The titles „Bildnis einer jungen Dame in weissem Kleid und blauem Schal“(Portrait of a young lady in a white dress and a blue scarf), „Bildnis einer Dame mit blauem Schal“ (Portrait of a lady with a blue scarf) and „Junge Dame in weissem Kleid und blauem Schal“ (Young lady in a white dress and a blue scarf) have been survived.
The work is the counterpart to the artist's „Junge Dame in weißem Kleid mit rotem Schal“ (Young Lady in White Dress with Red Scarf), which is also in federal ownership.
The work is signed and dated below centre "Waldmüller 1829".
Holding
Provenance
1829- without date: Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (1793-1865)
(...): Whereabouts unknown
03.03.1943-25.03.1943 at the latest: Possibly "Prof. Weigand", Lower Bavaria or Munich [presumably Professor Wilhelm Weigand (1862-1949), Munich], acquisition path unclear
25.03.1943-19.05.1944: Adolf Hitler ("Sonderauftrag Linz"), purchased via art shop Fischer-Böhler, Munich, and consigned to the "Führerbau", Munich, inv. no. 2766
19.05.1944-18.10.1945: Adolf Hitler ("Sonderauftrag Linz"), Munich/Altaussee, arrival in Altaussee on 19 May 1944 with the 1st salvage transport from Munich, Aussee no. 5716
18.10.1945-10.06.1949: American Military Government, Central Collecting Point Munich, securing, inv. no. 10502
10.06.1949-22.02.1952: Bavarian Minister President, Munich, fiduciary acquisition
22.02.1952-1960: Trustee Administration of Cultural Property at the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany, Munich, fiduciary takeover
1960-today: Federal Republic of Germany, Munich/Berlin, acquisition from former Reich property on the basis of Article 134 of the Basic Law
Literature / Source
Ausst.-Kat. Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, Residenz, Salzburg, 15.06.–15.09.1953, S. 77, Nr. 24a, ohne Abb.
Bruno Grimschitz: Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, Salzburg 1957, S. 297, Nr. 242.
Rupert Feuchtmüller: Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller 1793–1865. Leben, Schriften, Werke, Wien/München 1996, S. 443, Nr. 260, m. Abb.
Birgit Schwarz: Hitlers Museum. Die Fotoalben Gemäldegalerie Linz. Dokumente zum „Führermuseum“, Wien/Köln/Weimar 2004, S. 151, Nr. XXIII/12, Abb. S. 371 und S. 397, Nr. XXV/2.
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Contact
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13086 Berlin
Germany
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