Self-Portrait, c.1615-1618

Provenance

Leopold II, king of Belgium, Brussels, until 1909; Franz Kleinberger Gallery, Paris, 1910 (as Thomas de Keyser) ; Max Flersheim, Paris, 1909-1910; Franz Kleinberger Gallery, Paris, 1910 (for 3,000 francs to Schloss); Adolphe Schloss, Paris, 1910; his wife, Mathilde Lucie Schloss (née Haas), Paris, 1911-1938 (from 1923 as Adriaen van de Venne); her children, Marguerite, Lucien, Henri, Raymond and Juliette Weil (née Schloss), Paris, 1938-1939; transferred to Château de Chambon, Laguene (Corrèze), 19-20 August 1938; confiscated by the SS and French Gestapo, taken over by the French authorities, 16 April 1943; transferred to Banque de France, Limoges, 24 April 1943; transferred to Banque Dreyfuss, Paris, 11 August 1943; transferred to Jeu de Paume, Paris, 2 November 1943; transferred to the Führerbau, Munich, 24 November 1943; arrival at the Führerbau, Munich, 2 December 1943; stolen by unknown individuals from the Führerbau, Munich, 29-30 April 1945; hidden in the Old Botanical Gardens, Munich, c. 1945-1946; discovered by Ulrich Toepser and moved to Barntrupp (Nordrhein-Westfalen); taken by British officials to Schloss Dyck, Bedburdyck, Jüchen (Nordrhein-Westfalen), 27 December 1946; transferred to Central Collecting Point, Munich (Mu-No. 44611), 14 August 1947; transferred to the Schloss heirs, 21 January 1948; Schloss heirs, 1948-1951; their sale, Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Rheims & Baudoin, 5 December 1951, no. 58 (for 340,000 francs to Hoogendijk); D.A. Hoogendijk Gallery, Amsterdam, 1951-1952; private collection, United States, in or after 1952-2010; private collection, United States, 2010-2021; acquired with the support of the VriendenLoterij, the Rembrandt Association (thanks in part to its Themafonds 17de-eeuwse Schilderkunst) and Mr H.B. van der Ven, 2021