Lot 109: BERNARDUS VAN SCHIJNDEL

WEESP 1649 - 1709 HAARLEM INTERIOR OF A SCHOOLROOM oil on panel 10 1/8 by 13 1/8 in.; 25.7 by 33.3 cm.

David Goldmann, Vienna; Seized from the above by Hitler’s agents and allocated in the central depot of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (inv. D.G. 25), where it was reserved for the Führermuseum; Transferred to Alt Ausse (inv. no. 2983) for the Kunstmuseum Linz (inv. no. 2644, as Anonymous, Dutch 17th century); Recovered by the Allied Forces on 15 July 1945 and sent to the Munich Central Collecting Point (inv. no.4334, as Dutch 17th century); Given over to the Austrian Government Kremsmünster depot (inv. no. K1347) on 16 May 1946; Restituted to David Goldmann; Thence by descent to the present owner.

We are grateful to Fred G. Meijer of the RKD, The Hague for identifying this painting to be a work by van Schijndel, based on a photograph.