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Die Nagelprobe (The nail test)

Lost Art-ID
630032
Artist / Creator
Hals, Dirck
Birth
1591.03.19, Haarlem
Death
(vor) 1656.05.17, Haarlem
Title
Die Nagelprobe (The nail test)
Dating
1636
Object type
Painting
Group of reported objects
Painting
Material / Technique
Oil ; Panel / painted
Measures
Frame dimensions: 38,4 x 35,3 x 6,9 cm
Height
21.70 cm
Width
18.70 cm
Inventory number
R 11
Description
inscribed on recto below left: DH [monogram] / 1636; verso on decorative frame above centre inscription in black [illegible]; below left in blue [illegible]; verso on protective wooden panel [?] above centre blue label in black: Kunsthaus Zürich, Heimplatz 1, CH-8001 Zürich / Zweck: / Künstler: / Titel: / Besitzer: / Adresse: / Kat.- No.:; therein in black: Stiftung Prof.Dr.L.Ruzicka / Dirck Hals / Die Nagelprobe, 1636 / Kunsthaus Zürich / Inv. No. R. 11 [ms]; below remains of a brown detached label in brown: [...] 10,007 / [...] peu[my?] [hs]; next to it in black: [17199?] [hs]; centre left red seal; next to it traces of white chalk [illegible]
Provenance

12.1928 - n.d., Galerie F. Kleinberger (gallery), Paris

[whereabouts unknown?]

n.d. - 7.1.1937, Hans Wendland (*1880 Neuruppin, +1972 Paris) (art dealer), Paris

7.1.1937 - 16.10.1939, Galerie Fischer (gallery), Lucerne, purchase, no. 1007

16.10.1939 - 27.12.1948, Leopold Ruzicka (*1887 Vukovar, +1976 Mammern) (collector), Zurich, purchase

27.12.1948 - 2005, Ruzicka Foundation (Collection), Zurich, transfer

1949 - 2005, Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft | Kunsthaus Zürich (Museum), loan

from 2005, Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft | Kunsthaus Zürich (Museum), Zurich, gift

The provenance between 1933 and 1945 has not been clearly clarified or has gaps. The available research does not provide any evidence of Nazi-looted art. However, there are indications of Nazi-looted art and/or conspicuous accompanying circumstances. The provenance must be investigated further.

Further information in the online catalogue of the Kunsthaus Zürich: external link

Literature / Source

Britta Nehlsen-Marten: Dirck Hals 1591-1656. Oeuvre und Entwicklung eines Haarlemer Genremalers, Weimar: VDG, 2003, Nr. 366.

Kunsthaus Zürich. Gesamtkatalog der Gemälde und Skulpturen, hrsg. von Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft et al., Sammlungskatalog, Ostfildern 2007, S. 96.

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