Candlestick: Samson and the Lion

Candlestick: Samson and the Lion

BK-16915

Otto von Falke, 'Simsonleuchter', Berliner Museen 47 (1926) nr. 2, p. 22-27, afb. 4

brazier: anoniem, Germany

c. 1850 - c. 1900

height 34.0 cm x width 20.5 cm x depth 11.0 cm

Public domain

…; the dealer A.S. Drey, München, 1925;{Von Falke 1926, p. 26.} …; collection Dr W. S. E. A. von Pannwitz (1856-1920), Münich and Berlin;{Note RMA; Von Falke 1936, p. 111, no. B.6.} or …; collection Dr W. S. E. A. von Pannwitz (1856-1920), Münich and Berlin;{Note RMA; Von Falke 1936, p. 111, no. B.6.} …; the dealer A.S. Drey, München, 1925;{Von Falke 1926, p. 26.} …; 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. 85, no. Br 6, Artistic no. 12/61; 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

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

• Otto von Falke, 'Simsonleuchter', Berliner Museen 47 (1926) nr. 2, p. 22-27, afb. 4
• Otto von Falke, "Romanische Drachenleuchter" in: Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst 60 (1926/27), p. 26, afb. 4.

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