Ferdinand Georg Waldmueller Das gutmütige Kind (Der Bettler), Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, before 1859

The good-natured child (the beggar), oil on wood, 66 x 52 cm. Exhibited: 1859, academic exhibition, vienna, no. 95; provenance: collection of oscar löwenstein (1868–1942), vienna/london; inherited by his widow irma löwenstein (1890–1975), vienna/london; 1938 compulsory sale to maria almas dietrich, munich; führermuseum linz, inv no. 100; 1945 central collecting point, munich, inv no. 8593; 1949 regional finance directorate berlin; loan from the federal republic of germany to the german historical museum, berlin and von der heydt museum, wuppertal. 2019 restitution to the heirs of oscar and irma löwenstein. Date: before 1859.