Portrait of a Man
Artist
Thomas de Keyser
(Dutch, 1596/1597–1667)
Datecirca 1626
MediumOil on panel
Dimensions28 1/4 x 21 11/16 in. (71.8 x 55.1 cm)
Frame: 41 3/4 x 35 3/4 in. (106 x 90.8 cm)
Frame: 41 3/4 x 35 3/4 in. (106 x 90.8 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineAnonymous Gift
Object numberG.63.18.1
On View
On viewCollections
[1] Does not appear in pre-World War II records of Julius Böhler. Reference could be to Drey Gallery or Bernheimer.
[2] Between 1905 and 1920 the Berlin lawyer Dr. Walter von Pannwitz assembled an extensive collection of paintings and applied art, advised by H. Bode and Max Friedländer. Following his death, his wife, Catalina von Pannwitz, a citizen of Argentina, moved to the Netherlands. The collection, which was housed in her stately home “De Hartekamp” in Heemstede, was described by Friedländer and Falcke in 1925.
[3] In 1940, with the mediation of Franz Gutmann, Catolina von Pannwitz sold five paintings to Göring for what was described as an exceptionally high price. Göring guaranteed her exit visa to Switzerland, where she stayed during the war.
[4] The majority of the Pannwitz collection was stored at the Rijksmuseum during World War II and sold following the war through Rosenberg and Stiebel, who were originally from Frankfurt. She denied any claim to the five paintings sold to Göring. See www.Herkomstgezocht.nl as well as their various publications, where the WWII history of the collection is discussed in an appendix. There have been no claims for Pannwitz property.
