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Herd of cows with herdsman in a landscape
Lost Art-ID
606562
Artist / Creator
Koekkoek, Barend Cornelis
Birth
1803.10.11, Middelburg
Death
1862.04.05, Kleve
Place of activity
Hilversum; Beek (Nymwegen); Kleve
Title
Herd of cows with herdsman in a landscape
Dating
1850/1860 (um, ?)
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Oil ; Panel (Oak) / painted
Height
53.70 cm
Width
71.70 cm
Inventory number
12919
Description
On the right in the foreground, next to a path leading to the right into a forest, a group of oaks. On the left, a river, on the far bank of which there are buildings that get lost with the river in the background. On the bank on this side, in the middle ground, a ruined castle in a park-like, bushy wooded landscape, behind it a rocky mountain massif. On the path a herdsman in a red doublet, blue knee breeches and white stockings herds four cattle before him. Late afternoon atmosphere. Blue sky with clouds. Inscribed lower right: B. C. Koekkoek.
Provenance
c. 1850/60 (?), (probably:) Barend Cornelis Koekkoek (1803 - 1862),
without date - without date, whereabouts unknown,
without date - 16.08.1943, Gallery Maria Almas-Dietrich, Munich,
16.08.1943 - 1945, Reichsleiter Martin Bormann / NSDAP, acquired by Galerie Maria Almas-Dietrich, Munich,
28.08.1945 - 10.06.1949, Central Collecting Point, Munich number 7745, seized by American Allies,
10.06.1949 - 22.02.1952, Minister President of Bavaria, Munich, transfer in trust by American Allies,
22.02.1952 - 11.03.1953, administration of cultural property in trust at the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany, Munich, transfer in trust by Bavarian Prime Minister,
since 11.03.1953, Free State of Bavaria, Munich, transfer of ownership from the Bavarian State Office for Property Administration and Restitution to the Free State of Bavaria (retained by the Trusteeship of Cultural Property until 11.03.1959; since then in the holdings of the Bavarian State Painting Collections)
For further information, please contact the persons indicated for the found report.
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Contact
Staatliche Museumsagentur Bayern
Referat für Provenienzforschung
Landshuter Allee 8
80637 München
Germany
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