Portrait of a man

The sitter in three-quarter figure stands next to a table with a green cover on which a small box is placed. He is wearing a black and green skirt, dark grey trousers and a white scarf. He is holding a document in his hands, his head turned to the left. In the background a red drapery in front of a stone parapet. View of the sky at the upper left. not inscribed.
Verso: on the back cover at the top centre a red sticker: "Verglasung / Sicherheitsglass [Mirogard Magic Protect] / Nicht Abkleben für den Transport!", at the bottom left label BStGS: "Inv. Nr. 13035", lower right with Edding "13035", canvas mounted, on the stretcher upper left in blue: "31 R 7/4o", below in red: "7669" [Munich number], upper right slip with jagged edge on it handwritten: "Ölgemälde 178", lower right label BStGS: "Inv. No. 13035", above it "PR" [Photo Roth], on the frame on all four sides branded "BSTG.SLG.", above left green oval frame inventory: "R 1655", at the top in the centre impact marks of a chisel: "XXXXXXXX" "VIII", next to it further "H", in between "Oben" and above it in yellow "zu Inv. Nr. 13035", at the left centre in black "5457", below right of the centre in white "R 1655".
c. 1808, Thomas Lawrence (1769 - 1830),
without date - without date, whereabouts unknown,
without date - 1945, NSDAP (Depot Party Headquarters), Munich,
25.08.1945 - 10.06.1949, Central Collecting Point, Munich number 7669, seized by American Allies,
10.06.1949 - 22.02.1952, Minister President of Bavaria, Munich, transfer in trust by American Allies,
22.02.1952 - 27.04.1959, administration of cultural property in trust at the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany, Munich, transfer in trust by Bavarian Minister-President,
since 27.04.1959, Bavarian State Painting Collections (Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen), Munich, transfer of ownership from the Munich Finance Ministry to the Free State of Bavaria
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