Maximilian II Maria Emanuel (1662-1726), Elector of Bavaria, at the Battle of Mohacs against the Turks

Conclusion

Since it is unclear when and from whom J.J. Thole acquired this painting, its provenance is uncertain.

Explanation

This painting belongs to the Dutch nation - it is part of the Netherlands Art Property Collection under government control. On 24 February 1960 it was given to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. It is listed on the website of Bureau Herkomst Gezocht (Origins Unknown Agency).
J.J. Thole may be the same Job Thole of Huizen who is mentioned in the provenance of a Huybrecht Beuckelaer (Sotheby’s sale, New York, 26 January 2012, no. 105). Job Thole helped Dr Rudolph Berl (1884-1963) bring paintings to the Netherlands after the Anschluss (1938). In 2002, a painting was returned to one of Berl’s heirs (inv. no. NK2646). A report compiled by the Restitutions committee at the time describes Job Thole as a friend of the family.

J. Mijtens’s Govert van Slingelandt (1623-90), Lord of Dubbeldam, with his First Wife Christina van Beveren and their Two Sons (inv. no. SK-A-4013) at the Rijksmuseum was also consigned at the same auction by J.J. Thole.

Reconstruction origin

1942-12-22

J.J. Thole (collection), Huizen

Bureau Herkomst Gezocht (NK1804)

1942-12-22

S.J. Mak van Waay (auction), Amsterdam

Bureau Herkomst Gezocht (NK1804); HNA SNK archive no. 771; see Mak van Waay cat., Amsterdam, 22 December 1942, no. 27 (as ‘Adriaan van der Werff’)

1942-12-22 <> ?

Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Oldenburg, Oldenburg

HNA SNK archive no. 771

After May 1945 <> 1950

Stichting Nederlands Kunstbezit, Amsterdam

Bureau Herkomst Gezocht (NK1804)

1950 <> 1960-02-24

Dienst voor ’s Rijks Verspreide Kunstvoorwerpen (government department for distributing art), The Hague

Museum inventory

1960-02-24

Transferred to Dienst voor ’s Rijks Verspreide Kunstvoorwerpen (government department for distributing art), The Hague

Museum inventory

1960-02-24 <> present day

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam