Eduard Fuchs Collection since 1909 to 1933 at the latest; 26.10.1933 confiscation by the Berlin-Zehlendorf tax office "Paket Nr. 5: 1 Bild, darstellend eine Löwin aus dem Jahre 1901 (Slevogt)"; delivery of the painting on 15. 12.1933 to the Gestapo; auction house Rudolph Lepke, Berlin, catalogue 2114, p. 16. On 16 and 17.06.1937 the painting was sold as no. 135: "Max Slevogt: Liegende Löwin – fressend. Lwd. Gr. 65 x 78 cm. Silberrahmen" auctioned; bought by art dealer Hildebrand Gurlitt for RM 310,- (estimate: RM 300,-); around 2000 probably auctioned by Grisebach; whereabouts unknown
