ARNOLDUS VAN ANTHONISSEN (AMSTERDAM 1631-1703 ZIERIKZEE)

Dr. Max Wassermann, Paris (his collection stamp on the reverse), as ‘Willem van de Velde the Younger’;
Confiscated by the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg during the Nazi occupation in Paris and transferred to the Jeu de Paume, 20 March 1941 (ERR inventory no. M.W.28), as ‘Willem van de Velde the Younger’;
Recovered by the Monuments Fine Arts and Archives Section from Alt Aussee, Austria (no.210/12) and transferred to the Munich Central Collecting Point, 20 June 1945 (MCCP no. 216/12), as ‘Willem van de Velde the Younger’;
Returned to France and restituted to the heirs of Dr. Max Wasserman, 22 October 1946, as ‘Willem van de Velde the Younger’;
Dr. Max Wassermann, his sale; Galliéra, Paris, 26 November 1967, lot 5, as ‘H. van Anthonissen.’
[Possibly] Anonymous sale; Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, where purchased by a family member of the present owner circa 30 years ago.