Study, draft to the possession of S.M. of the Emperor and King, which is depicted in artist monographs VII. A. von Menzel (Velhagen & Klasing 1900) p. Compared to this picture, our version shows deviations in the attitude and grouping of some persons. [...] Signed at the bottom right: Menzel. source: heinemann.gnm.de/de/kunstwerk-35098.htm; Carl von Bertrab (Bearb.): Beschreibendes Verzeichnis der Gemälde in der Sammlung Rudolf von Goldschmidt Rothschild. Frankfurt a.M. 1912.
Provenance
purchased in Frankfurt a.M., 1907; collection Rudolf von Goldschmidt-Rothschild, Frankfurt a.M./Königstein i.T., 1907 - 1912 - [...], confiscation by national socialis can not be excluded; whereabouts unknown