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

Origen

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

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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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