Portrait of the Empress Maria Feodorovna
Half-length portrait, head to the viewer. Chain in the hair, medal on the left side of the dress.
On stretcher: verso, upper left: "29 LMO 14001"; verso, upper right in black: "LMO 14.001"; verso, upper right in red: "USFA"; verso, upper right in blue: "11239"; verso, lower right in yellow grease pencil: "St. 15 X"; verso, lower centre in yellow grease pencil: "3827."; verso, lower left label: "3827".
On decorative frame: verso, lower left: "29 LMO 14001"; verso, stamp: "Eigentum der / Bundesrepublik Deutschland".
(...): Unresolved
November 1943: Art dealer Aux Bibelots Ancien, Paris, sold to Galerie Wimmer & Co., Munich.
(...): Unresolved
Until 21 June 1944: Possibly Theo Hermsen (1905-1944), Paris, acquisition route unexplained
From 21 June 1944: German Reich ("Sonderauftrag Linz"), purchase via Dr. Hildebrand Gurlitt (1895-1956), Dresden
22 October 1945-10 June 1949: American military government, Central Collecting Point Munich, securing
10 June 1949-22 February 1952: Minister-President of Bavaria, Munich, taken over in trust by American military government
Since 22 February 1952: Federal Republic of Germany, initially held in trust, 1969 takeover from former Reich assets
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