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An Open Landscape with Brigands Attacking Travelers
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Probably Albert Grossmann Brombach Germany his sale [Hugo Helbing Munich October 30 1902 lot 148]. R. H. Ward London; to [D. A. Hoogendijk Amsterdam by 1932] [1]sold; to Johannes Marius Cornelis Hoog Haarlem 1932 until at least 1941]. [2] With [Saam Nijstad The Hague after 1947]. [3] With [Kurt Müllenmeister Solingen by 1972]. H. B. Mayer Solingen. With [Kurt Müllenmeister Solingen by 1977]. Illse Marie Helene Bsher (nee Pferdmenges) (1919-1992) Cologne sold [through Sotheby's London December 9 1992 lot 19]; to Martin and Kathleen Feldstein sold [Christie's October 15 2020]; to George S. Abrams Boston gift; to Harvard Art Museums 2025
Notes
[1] Hoog was in possession of the work by September 7 1932. See Archiefnummer NL-HaRKD-0460 Kunsthandel D.A. Hoogendijk & Co. RKD.
[2] Hoog is noted as the owner in an annotated copy of the 1941 exhibition catalogue "Tentoonstelling van Schilderijen Meubelen enz. Behoorende tot het Legaat van Mr H. J. D.D. Enschedé en uit het Bezit van Verschillende Verzamelaars" at the Frans Hals Museum. Hoog died in 1950 and was known as a collector. See: http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/bwn1880-2000/lemmata/bwn3/hoog [12-11-2013]
[3] Saam Nijstad did not begin working for the family firm until 1947 and in the Hague until 1948.
The Maida and George Abrams Collection Fogg Art Museum Harvard University Cambridge Massachusetts Gift of George Abrams in memory of Professor Martin Feldstein and in appreciation of Dr. Kathleen Feldstein
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