Harlequin, anonymous, before 1725

…; Grünes Gewolbe, Dresden, 1932;{Von Falke 1936, p. 29, no. K.54; note RMA.} from whom possibly to the dealer Heilbronner, 1932;{According to email C. Nagel, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, 08-02-2017.} …; from Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, fl. 6,350,000, en bloc, to Artistic & General Securities Ltd. as security for a loan from the Mendelssohn & Co. Bank, but kept in usufruct, 1934;{NHA, 476, RMA Archive, inv. no. 2142, Recapitulatie der geïnventariseerde kunstvoorwerpen van wijlen Dr F. Mannheimer, undated, p. 35 , no. Pr 50, Artistic no. 17/76; NHA, 233, Arrondissementsrechtbank Amsterdam, inv. no. 1365, ‘‘O.R. 256/1939, Faillissementsdossier: nalatenschap Dr. F. Mannheimer, 28 augustus 1939’’, image 3, page 2.} purchased from Mendelssohn & Co. Bank, en bloc, by the Dienststelle Mühlmann, The Hague, for Adolf Hitler's Führermuseum, Linz, 1940;{Korthals Altes 1974, pp. 21-22.} war recuperation, SNK, 1945;{HNA, SNK Archive, 2.08.42, inv. no. 548.} on loan, with 1,702 other objects, from the DRVK to the museum, 1952;{Note RMA.} transferred to the museum, 1960

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