Found-Object Report | Object report
Still life
Lost Art-ID
620159
Artist / Creator
Heda, Willem Claesz.
Birth
1594, Haarlem
Death
1680/1682, Haarlem
Place of activity
England; Haarlem (Noord-Holland)
Title
Still life
Dating
1642
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Panel
Height
56.00 cm
Width
91.50 cm
Inventory number
Mü-Nr. 4386; Linz-Nr. 954
Description
In front of a monochrome background, various objects are arranged on a table covered with a white tablecloth pushed back to the left. Along the left side of the painting, next to an overturned jug, lie a half-peeled lemon and some scattered nuts. Behind them stand a beautifully decorated wine glass, a salt cellar, and a half-filled glass. On a large pewter plate, there is a partially eaten pie and a silver spoon, while on a smaller plate in front of it, there is a piece of pie and a knife with a decorated handle. The artist has inscribed his signature "HEDA 1642" on the blade of the knife. Additionally, the monogram "4MC" is visible on the hem of the tablecloth. The monochromatic color scheme of the painting, predominantly in shades of brown and green, highlights the interplay of light and the shiny containers.
Provenance
1642–date unknown: Willem Claez Heda
(…): Whereabouts unknown
Date unknown–February 14, 1905: Owner unknown, consigned to Kunst-Auctionshaus Rudolph Lepke, Berlin, Lot No. 92.
(…): Whereabouts unknown
Date unknown–likely 1940: Art dealership Eugen Brüschwiler, Munich, acquired according to their own statement 'from Munich ownership'
Likely 1940–June 24, 1944: Adolf Hitler ('Special Commission Linz'), purchased from the art dealership Eugen Brüschwiler, Munich, and deposited in the 'Führerbau', Munich, Inv. No. 954
October 11, 1945–June 10, 1949: American Military Government, seized and transported to the Central Collecting Point Munich, Inv. No. 4386
June 10, 1949–February 22, 1952: Bavarian Prime Minister, Munich, held in trust
February 22, 1952–1960: Trust administration of cultural assets at the Federal Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany, Munich, held in trust
1960–today: Federal Republic of Germany, Munich/Berlin, acquisition from former Reich ownership based on Article 134 of the Basic Law
Literature / Source
Herzog Anton Urlich-Museum Braunschweig: Die holländischen Gemälde, Kritisches Verzeichnis mit 485 Abbildungen, Braunschweig 1983, Nr. 802, S. 84.
N.R.A. Vroom: A modest message, as intimated by the painters oft he monochrome banketje, Schiedam 1980, Nr. 363.
Birgit Schwarz: Hitlers Museum. Die Fotoalben Gemäldegalerie Linz. Dokumente zum „Führermuseum“, Wien/Köln/Weimar 2004, S. 130, Nr. VII/35, Abb. S. 285.
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Contact
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Germany
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