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Stilleven met bloemen, schelpen en kikker [nl]
Assteyn, B. [nl]
Item information
Stilleven met bloemen, schelpen en kikker [nl]
Stilleven met bloemen, schelpen en kikker [nl] On the corner of a brownish-grey table with a damaged edge is a round glass vase containing an arrangement of the following flowers: an orange fritillary, a pink-and-white columbine, a purple-and-blue iris, a yellow-and-red marigold, eglantine (?), three striped tulips (red-yellow, white pink, white-deep purple), a pink-and-white rose and a pink rose, two purple-and-yellow wild violets, a purple-and-white anemone, blue forget-me-nots and white lilies-of-the-valley. On one of the petals is a caterpillar. On the left side of the table are three exotic shells, on the right a frog (yellow with some green and black). At the top left a red, white and black butterfly (atalanta). Dark background. [nl]
: Plietzsch was inkoper voor Dienststelle Mühlmann. [nl]
: Mühlmann, Dienststelle [nl]
: Den Haag [nl]
: RKD fotodocumentatie; Archief SNK nr.1047
In State possession
Na 05-05-1945
Current restitution status
No requests
Research findings
From the provenance research into the period 1933-1945, indications have emerged that suggest possible involuntary loss of ownership.
The provenance of this painting is inconclusive. It is uncertain whether the work was owned by a private collector named Van Balen, and it is unclear how, when, and under what circumstances Van Bohemen acquired the painting. It is also unknown how, when and under what circumstances the Dienststelle Mühlmann in The Hague acquired the work. However, it is known that during the occupation years, the Dienststelle Mühlmann made large-scale purchases from looted Jewish property, such as from the Liro or from Jewish art dealers who had been placed under administration or expropriated. It cannot be determined whether this object comes from Jewish property or not, but the known practices of the purchasers/dealers give reason to assume that the object may have been involuntarily lost. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
