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)
For further information, please contact the persons indicated for the found report.
Staatliche Museumsagentur Bayern
Referat für Provenienzforschung
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80637 München
Germany