Sotheby's
19th Century European Paintings, including German, Austrian and Central European Paintings, and The Scandinavian Sale
2006 | United Kingdom
Lot 66 | c - HANS THOMA GERMAN, 1839-1924
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PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
DIE QUELLE (THE SPRING)
112.5 by 88cm., 44¼ by 34½in.
signed with monogram and dated 1895 l.r.
oil on canvas
PROVENANCE
Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt
Ludwig Josef Pfungst, Worms, 1908
Andreas Schneider, Frankfurt (acquired on 13 December 1920)
Sale: Sotheby's, London, 30 November 1977, lot 142, (where purchased by the present owner)
LITERATURE
Henry Thode, 'Hans Thoma', Klassiker der Kunst, Stuttgart & Leipzig, 1909, vol. XV, p. 385, illustrated
Friedrich von Boetticher, Malerwerke des Neunzehnten Jahrhunderts, Dresden 1891-1901, vol. II/2, p. 884
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