owned until 1938 by Dr. Heinemann, Essen, who committed suicide with his wife in 1938. Passed on in the family. In spring 1944 sold by the executor of the will Dr. Oscar Bock, Essen, under unknown circumstances to the Matthiesen Gallery in Berlin. In 1944 resold by the gallery to Helmut Vieweg in Chemnitz-Borna, where the painting was probably located until 1978; further whereabouts unknown