Inventory number: GM 05019

Item category: Paintings

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Institution: Museum Arnhem

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Who owned this painting before it was handed in to the police in 1946 is not known.

In January 1946, someone brought this painting to a police station in Amsterdam, explaining that it had been found in a house in Velp (Gelderland) where a collaborator from Amsterdam who had served in the SD had lived. The latter had probably acquired the work in Amsterdam. It was received at the police station by commissioner M.O.F. van der Heul, head of the political intelligence department (P.O.D.). He contacted Stichting Nederlands Kunstbezit to locate the legitimate owner. When that attempt failed, it was given to Gemeentemuseum Arnhem in 1948.