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The lost son

Lost Art-ID

245003

Artist / Creator

Metsu, Gabriel

Birth

1629.01, Leiden

Death

(vor) 1667.10.24, Amsterdam

Place of activity

Leiden; Amsterdam

Title

The lost son

Object type

Painting

Group of reported objects

Painting

Material / Technique

Oil ; Panel / painted

Height

27.50 cm

Width

23.00 cm

Inventory number

1496

Description

Unnamed; round stamp on reverse: Central Office for the Protection of Monuments. Federal Ministry for Education; backside Sticker inscribed: 3370; formerly on the reverse side: "Echte Jan Miense Molenaer", w.g. W. Martin, Mauritsh. The Hague

Provenance

Auction catalogue Berlin, H. W. Lange, 18. 11. 1938, no. 169 (Collection B., Vienna, Jewish property); auction Fred. Muller, Amsterdam, 29. 1. 1944; art dealer Goudstikker-Miedl No. 6546; 23. 2. 1944 sold to E. Kummerlé, Brandenburg; until April 1953 Johanna Kummerlé (wife of Alfred Kummerlé); after leaving the GDR, a collection of 42 paintings was transferred to public ownership; handed over to the museum on 26.3.1954 by the GDR Ministry of Finance, Department of Depository Management.

Published since

2002