Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié

Portrait of a Boy with a Drawing Book, possibly a Pupil of the Artist

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Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié
Portrait of a Boy with a Drawing Book, possibly a Pupil of the Artist

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General information
Artist Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié (Paris 1735 - 1784 Paris)
Title Portrait of a Boy with a Drawing Book, possibly a Pupil of the Artist
Object name painting
Inventory number 870
Material and technical details
Technique oil
Material canvas
Dimensions 41.5 x 32.3 cm

Provenance

J.B. Delestre, Paris, 1850; David Weill, Paris; Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam; sold as part of the Mannheimer Collection to the Dienststelle Mühlmann for Adolf Hitler, Führermuseum, Linz, 1940; Stichting Nederlands Kunstbezit (inv.no. NK 3112), 1946; on loan to the Mauritshuis, 1948-1960; transferred, 1960; on long-term loan to the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (inv. no. SK-C-1685), since 2002

Second World War

This painting is part of the Netherlands Art Property Collection (‘NK collection’): objects that were stolen, seized or purchased during the Nazi regime. After the Second World War they were placed under the administration of the Dutch State. In recent decades, applications for restitution are taken into consideration again and some objects have been returned to the heirs of their rightful owners.

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