Ferdinand Kobell - Boys with tricorn hats

Ferdinand Kobell
1740 Mannheim - 1799 München
Boys with tricorn hats
Each inscribed, numbered YY2 / YY3 and with collection stamp BJ in blue (probably Boguslaw Jolles, Lugt 381) lower right. Inscribed and various old numbers verso. Sanguine drawings on grey-blue, strong paper. 34 x 20.2 cm. Stained. Remnants of an old mount verso. Framed (42 x 30.5 cm).
Provenance: Collection of Boguslav Jolles, Dresden. - Hugo Helbing, Munich, Auction 31 October 1895, catalogue numbers 329, 330. - Collection of Dr. Michael Berolzheimer, Garmisch-Partenkirchen. - Weinmüller, Munich, Auction 9-10 March 1939, catalogue number 691.

The drawings have been registered in the Lost Art database since 2013 (Lost Art ID 461151). The current consignor and the representatives of Dr. Michael Berolzheimer's heirs have worked out a fair and just solution in accordance with the principles of the Washington Conference due to the loss caused by Nazi persecution. The drawings are being offered for sale in accordance with a restitution agreement.