An old invalid with three children. 1827. Oil on wood. Feuchtmüller 230. Signed and dated lower right. 31. 5 x 26 cm provenance: collection of the austrian emperor franz josef i, schönbrunn palace (transferred to austrian state ownership in 1918). Austrian gallery belvedere (on loan in 1924). Sold by the austrian gallery in 1926 according to ministerial decree. Collection of kommerzienrat josef siller, vienna (1926). Rudolf steiner collection, vienna (before 1934). Confiscated by the gestapo in vienna (end of 1938). Maria almas-dietrich gallery, munich (january 1939). Special commission from linz (project "führermuseum", linz no. 577, before june 1939). Central collection point of the allies, munich (registered october 18, 1945, mü-no. 10561). Handover of the painting to the federal republic of germany (june 10, 1949). Handover of the painting to the austrian consulate general in munich (december 5, 1958) and return to vienna. Restituted by the federal monuments office in vienna to rudolf steiner (march 31, 1959). Sotheby's, munich, june 21, 1994, lot 54 (with color illustration in the catalog). Private collection, southern germany. Date: 1827.
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