Anonymous (Netherlands) (follower of David Teniers II)
Item information
Tavern full of People
NOM.7099-47
Paintings
Nederlands Openluchtmuseum
Creation
Anoniem (Nederland) (navolger van David Teniers II) Anonymous (Netherlands) (follower of David Teniers II)
18th century
Physical characteristics
Oil on canvas
71,5 x 60 cm
Reconstruction of provenance history
After 1945 < > ?
NBI (Netherlands Property Custodian), The Hague
1947-08-12<> present day
Nederlands Openluchtmuseum
Ná 1945 < > ?
: Nederlands Beheersinstituut, Den Haag [nl]
:
: Archief SNK nr. 1056 [nl]
Vóór 1947-08-12
: Stichting Nederlands Kunstbezit (Netherlands art property foundation), Amsterdam
:
: Museum inventory; SNK archive no. 1056
12-8-1947
: Donated to the museum by Stichting Nederlands Kunstbezit
:
: Museum inventory; SNK archive no. 1056
1947-08-12<>heden
: Nederlands Openluchtmuseum [nl]
:
Current restitution status
Rejected request
: On 2 February 2015 the Restitutions Committee advised the Minister of Education, Culture and Science to reject a claim to this painting. The minister rejected the claim.
Research findings
Who owned this painting before it passed to Nederlands Beheersinstituut is not known.
The painting may have been part of property confiscated from Germans after the war. In 1947, the Winterswijk representatives at Nederlands Beheersinstituut's Bureau Roerende Goederen van Vijanden en Landverraders passed various paintings on to Stichting Nederlands Kunstbezit. Reference is made in the correspondence regarding this transfer to two paintings titled Herberg (Tavern) and Boerenherberg (Country Traven). One of these titles may refer to this work. Inscribed in black ink on the reverse of the frame is the name: Van Ostade. In blue chalk: 'Haarlem, Walt…, Wil…plein 7'. In red chalk: 'Fleij' or 'Heij'. This may refer to Wilsonplein 7 in Haarlem. Investigation has shown that this was where Juda Heijman de Vries (12 September 1900-12 May 1943 Sobibor), a Jewish tailor, went into hiding. There are no other indications to suggest that Heijman de Vries owned this painting.
