Showing posts with label detecting false provenances. Show all posts
Showing posts with label detecting false provenances. Show all posts

Sep 28, 2023

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.