Portrait of Johanna Dorothea Richter [Ludwig Richter’s mother]




ornamental frame, recto, lower centre, plate engraved: “Anton Graff 1736-1813 / Bildnis der Mutter Ludwig Richters”; verso, upper left, inscribed in white: “18"; verson, lower left, inscribed in blue: "139"; verso, lower left, remnant of a label of the shipping company Gustav Knauer; stretcher, verso upper centre, inscribed in blue: “Gurlitt L[illegible]"; verso lower and upper centre, purple stamps: “46”; verso, upper right, handwritten label: ”16.”; verso, centre left and right, purple stamps: “56”; verso, centre right, inscribed in pencil: [illegible]; verso, lower right, inscribed in blue: “139” [in circle]; verso, lower centre, inscribed in pencil: [illegible]; verso, lower left, inscribed in pencil: [illegible];
canvas relined and mounted on new stretcher
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By latest 20 September 1943: Theo Hermsen (1905-1944), Paris
Since 20 September 1943: Hildebrand Gurlitt (1895–1956), Dresden, acquired through the above
Until 1949: Marie Gurlitt (1859–1949), Dresden
Since 1949: Hildebrand Gurlitt (1895–1956), Düsseldorf
By descent to Cornelius Gurlitt (1932–2014), Munich/Salzburg
6 May 2014 until 10 December 2021: Stiftung Kunstmuseum Bern
Since 10 December 2021: Federal Republic of Germany, transfer of ownership as per agreement between the Federal Republic of Germany, the Stiftung Kunstmuseum Bern and the Free State of Bavaria from 24 November 2014
Kunstverwaltung des Bundes
Herbert-Bayer-Straße 5
13086 Berlin
Germany