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The lost son

Lost Art-ID

245003

Artist

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 Safekeeping

Zugangsgeschichte

Berlin / Ministerium der Finanzen der DDR, Abt. Tresorverwaltung, 1954-03-26

Werke aus der Sammlung Kummerlé, die zwischen 1942 und 1944 von Alfred Kummerlé in Holland erworben wurden. Zuweisung durch das Ministerium erfolgte nach Ausreise der Witwe Kummerlés aus der DDR und damit verbundener Übernahme der Sammlung in Volkseigentum.

Published since

2002