Lady with a Fan, Lady with a False Provenance

 

Why did the National Gallery of Victoria originally list a "Dr. Grunden of Hamburg" in the provenance of this 17th century painting by Gerard ter Borch, Lady with a Fan? 

When Max Emden's grandson, Juan Carlos Emden, found, in Australia, the painting that had belonged to his family before Hitler came to power, he knew the provenance was wrong.

Advisory Commission on the Return of Cultural Property Seized as a Result of Nazi persecution: recommendations in searchable text

This is a searchable text-only copy of recommendations originally published by the Advisory Commission on the return of cultural property  (Beratende Kommission NS-Raubgut)

• Robert Graetz
• Kurt and Else Grawi
• Heinrich Rieger
• Max Fischer
• Dr. and Mrs. Max Stern
• Max J. Emden
• Max und Margarethe Rüdenberg
• Felix Hildesheimer
• Alfred Salomon 
• Alfred Flechtheim
• Ludwig Traube
• Eduard L. Behrens
• Clara Levy geb. Isaak
• J.S. Goldschmidt, I. Rosenbaum und Z.M. Hackenbroch 
• Paul Westheim
• Alexander Lewin
• Julius und Clara Freund