Taormina with a view of Mount Etna

after 1842 - without date, Georg Petzolt (1810 - 1878), Salzburg,

without date - probably 1934, collection Albert Grossmann (1857 - 1934), Brombach (Lörrach),

probably 1934 - 07.05.1943, probably heir(s) of Albert Grossmann, consigned in auction at the art dealer Paul Hartmann, Stuttgart,

probably 07.05.1943 - 1945, Reichsorganisationsleiter Robert Ley (1890 - 1945) / Deutsche Arbeitsfront, probably Munich, probably acquired from the Grossmann collection in auction at Kunsthandlung Paul Hartmann, Stuttgart,

27.08.1945 - 25.04.1949, Central Collecting Point, Munich number 7685, seized by American Allies,

25.04.1949 - 22.02.1952, Minister President of Bavaria, Munich, transfer in trust by American Allies,

22.02.1952 - 11.07.1953/11.03.1959, administration of cultural property in trust at the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany, Munich, transfer in trust by Bavarian Minister President,

since 11.07.1953/11.03.1959/10.04.1973, Free State of Bavaria/Bavarian State Painting Collections (Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen), Munich, transferred to the Free State of Bavaria by the Bavarian State Office for Property Administration and Restitution on 11.07.1953; retained by the Federal German Trusteeship of Cultural Property until 11.03.1959, then transferred to the holdings of the Bavarian State Painting Collections (Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen); transferred again to the Free State of Bavaria on 10.04.1973 and inventoried again at the Bavarian State Painting Collections (Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen)

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