Winter forest scene

Winter forest scene
- Artist/ Creator
- Johann Bernard Klombeek, Eugène Joseph Verboeckhoven
- Title
- Winter forest scene
- Year
- 1863
- Technique
- Olieverf op doek
- Size
- 91 x 125,5 cm
- Inventorynumber
- B 59
- Category
- Paintings
Museum
Conclusion
Because the art dealer M. Wolff possibly owned this painting and was in difficulty during the war, its provenance is uncertain. This art gallery had a jewish owner.
Update 2019
Until recent it was presumed this painting was part of the Rijksmuseum collection. New evidence has shown, however, this painting belongs to the Cultural Heritage Agency (Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed), the successor of the Government department for distributing Art (Dienst 's Rijks Verspreide Kunstvoorwerpen).
Update 2020
In the letter dated 24 January 2019, the Minister of Education, Culture and Science asked the Restitutions Committee for advice on the request for restitution of the painting Winter Forest by Johann Bernard Klombeck and Eugène Joseph Verboeckhoven. The investigation that followed showed that the painting was not alienated in the period 1933-1945; there is no indication that this painting has a consted history. The full advice can be read here.
Reconstruction origin
- ? 1910 <>? 1940
- Possibly: M. Wolff (art dealer), Amsterdam
RKD documentation
- ? <> 1948-11
- Zwanette Beversen-Siemons (collection), Soestdijk
Inventory book Rijksmuseum
- 1948-11
- Donated to the Rijksmuseum by Z. Beversen-Siemons
Inventory book Rijksmuseum
- 1948-11 <> 1950
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Inventory book Rijksmuseum
- 1950
- Transferred to Dienst voor 's Rijks Verspreide Kunstvoorwerpen (government department for distributing art), The Hague, by Rijksmuseum
RCE inventory
- 1950 <> present day
- Cultural Heritage Agency, Amersfoort