Cultural goods and the Second World War

Item information

Woelige zee met zeilschepen [nl]

Description: Woelige zee met zeilschepen [nl]

Inventory number: NK2862

Item category: oude kunst [nl]

Item name: schilderij [nl]

Creation

Creator

Mulier, P. I (inventor/bedenker/ontwerper)

Period

1615 - 1670

Start date

1615

End date

1670

Physical characteristics

Material

olieverf [nl], doek [nl]

Depth/diameter

6 cm

Height/length

91.5 cm

Width

118 cm

Reconstruction of provenance history

* - 1933-04-07

Possible possessor / holder: Smidt van Gelder, P. [nl]

Role: collection

Location: Amsterdam [nl]

Archival source: ICN inventariskaart; Archief SNK nr.552; Vlg.cat. Galerie Moos, Genève, 7 april 1933, nr.3 (afb.)

1933-04-07 1933-04-07

Possible possessor / holder: Moos, Galerie [nl]

Role: auctioneers

Location: Genève [nl]

Archival source: Archief SNK nr.552; Vlg.cat. Galerie Moos, Genève, 7 april 1933, nr.3 (afb.)

* - 1940-07-18

Possible possessor / holder: Bier, J.R. [nl]

Role: art dealers

Location: Haarlem [nl]

Archival source: RKD inventariskaart Goudstikker/Miedl

1940-07-18 1943-02-08

Possible possessor / holder: Goudstikker/Miedl [nl]

Role: art dealers

Location: Amsterdam [nl]

Archival source: ICN inventariskaart; Archief SNK nr.190, 552, 766; RKD inventariskaart Goudstikker/Miedl; Bundesarchiv Koblenz B323 nr.574

1943-02-08 - *

Possible possessor / holder: Witzig & Co., J. [nl]

Location: München/Lenggries [nl]

Archival source: Archief SNK nr.190, 552, 766; RKD inventariskaart Goudstikker/Miedl; Bundesarchiv Koblenz B323 nr.574

In State possession

After 1945-05-05

Current restitution status

No requests

Research findings

There is no, or insufficient provenance information known about this object from the period 1933-1945. After investigation, no sources have been found to date that can provide information to complete its provenance in the period. Therefore, no conclusions can be made regarding possible suspicious provenance or involuntary loss of ownership.

The provenance of this painting is unclear. It is unknown how, when, or under what circumstances Mr Smit van Gelder from Amsterdam acquired this painting. Smit van Gelder submitted the painting to the Galerie Moos auction in Geneva in 1933. It is unclear how, when, or under what circumstances art dealer Bier from Amsterdam acquired the work. Bier sold the painting to art dealer Goudstikker/Miedl in Amsterdam in July 1940. The painting was then resold to Witzig & Co. in Munich.

SNK Registration form

Name: Stichting Nederlandsch Kunstbezit

Status: onbekend

Source: Archief SNK nr.766

Place: Amsterdam

Number: 6033

Date: 1946-01-31

Registration numbers

Term: Goudstikker/Miedl

Number: 5032

Term: München (Collecting point)

Number: 15864/2

Woelige zee met zeilschepen

Mulier, P. I [nl]