Anne and the Holy Family




on verso, frame, upper left, inscribed in pencil several times: “24231”; upper centre, black label: “SEIT 1854 F.G. CONZEN RAHMENFABRIK DÜSSELDORF“;
stretcher, upper right, inscribed in blue chalk: “Wie 1957/5”; upper centre, label: “1957”; upper right, typewritten label: “Regal 232”; underneath inscribed in chalk: “356 [?]”; white label with blue margin: “1128”; inscribed in pencil: “Con[?] 24931”; centre bar, label inscribed in red: “5”; label inscribed in ink: “J. H. Fragonard 1767 Collection Valferdint […] Champs [?]”; lower centre, two typewritten labels: “Valferdint’ Die Vente Valferdint (richtig: Walferdin Francois-Hippolyte), also der Sammlung dieses Französischen Physikers (1795–1880), fand 1880 statt.”; “Jean-Honoré Fragonard (Grasse 1732–Paris 1806) ? Hl. Anna selbdritt (Anna, Maria, Jesuskind). Entwurf für ein Altarbild, Öl auf Leinwand (rentoiliert) Auf neuem Spannrahmen alter Zettel mit ‘J.H.Fragonard 1761 … Champs Collection”
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Until 1880: ? François Hippolyte Walferdin, Paris
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By latest June 1945: Hildebrand Gurlitt, Aschbach
Until 15 December 1950: Central Collecting Point Wiesbaden, no. WIE 1957/5
From 15 December 1950: Hildebrand Gurlitt, Dusseldorf
Until November 2020: Private Collection, South Germany, thence by descent
Since November 2020: Federal Republic of Germany, donation, ongoing provenance research
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