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The Lamentation
Hans Memling [nl]
Item information
The Lamentation
2471 (OK)
Paintings
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Creation
Hans Memling
1470-1480 [nl]
Physical characteristics
Oil on panel
57 x 48 cm
Reconstruction of provenance history
1895 <> c. 1918
Richard von Kaufmann (collection), Charlottenburg / Berlin
? <> ?
: J. Heath (collection), Liphook
:
: P. Lambotte, Memling exhibition organised by Bruges municipality at Stedelijk Museum in Bruges, 22 June-1 October 1939, Bruges
1895 <> circa 1918
: Richard von Kaufmann (collectie), Charlottenburg / Berlijn [nl]
:
: Inventaris museum; RKD beelddocumentatie nr.300; S. Kuhrau, Kunstsammler im Kaiserreich: Kunst und Repräsentation in der Berliner Privatsammlerkultur, Kiel 2005 [nl]
9-12-1936
: Arthur Goldschmidt (art dealer), Berlin / Paris
:
: Museum inventory
1936 <>1958
: D.G. van Beuningen (collection), Vierhouten
:
: Museum inventory; RKD Visual Documentation no. 300
1958 <> heden
: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen [nl]
:
: Museum inventory; RKD Visual Documentation no. 300
Current restitution status
No requests
Research findings
No information is available about when Jewish art dealer Arthur Goldschmidt acquired this painting or the previous owner.
In 1936, this painting was owned by Arthur Goldschmidt, a Jewish art dealer who had fled from Germany. His name is linked to Karl Haberstock and Hans Wendland, who bought and sold stolen art. Goldschmidt settled in Paris in 1936 at Place Vendôme with Paul Graupe, another German art dealer. When the Germans occupied Paris in 1940, their collection was impounded and Goldschmidt was imprisoned. Six months later he was released. He fled via Spain to Havana, Cuba, where he reestablished himself as an art dealer.
