Vilhelm Hammershøi

Purchased directly from the artist by Alfred Bramsen (1851–1932), Copenhagen, in 1896;

Thence by descent to his daughter Karen Bramsen (1877–1970) and son-in-law Gustav Falck (1874–1955), Copenhagen;

Anonymous sale, Copenhagen, Winkel & Magnussen, 28 October 1935, lot 54;

Where purchased by Magda Rothschild (c. 1894–1978), Copenhagen;

Thence by descent to her daughter, Normi Rothschild (1932–2012), Copenhagen;

By whom offered, Copenhagen, Winkel & Magnussen, 30 March 1949, lot 256;

With Hjalmar Kleis, Copenhagen;

With H. Axelsen, Copenhagen;

By whom offered, Copenhagen, Winkel & Magnussen, 21 June 1950, lot 64;

Anonymous sale, Copenhagen, Kunsthallen, 9 May 1951, lot 168;

Anonymous sale, Copenhagen, Bruun Rasmussen, 3 October 1978, lot 58;

Private collection, Sweden;

With Åmells Konsthandel, Stockholm, by 1988;

By whom sold, Stockholm, Bukowskis, 3 November 1989, lot 367;

Where purchased by Olof Lagercrantz (1911–2002), Drottningholm;

Thence by descent to his son, Richard Lagercrantz (b. 1942), Stockholm;

Anonymous sale, Stockholm, Stockholms Auktionsverk, 8 June 2017, lot 3165;

With Daxer & Marschall, Munich, by 2017;

From whom acquired by the present owner in 2018.

Den Frie Udstilling, exh. cat., Copenhagen 1895, n.p., no. 15;

Kunstforeningen exhibition records list, Copenhagen 1916, n.p.;

S. Michaëlis and A. Bramsen, Vilhelm Hammershøi, Copenhagen 1918, p. 92, no. 142;

Nyere Dansk kunst, exh. cat., Stockholm 1919, p. 45, no. 428;

C.G. Laurin (ed.), Vilhelm Hammershøi, Theodor Philipsen, L.A. Ring, exh. cat., Stockholm 1930, p. 6, no. 11;

Från atelier till plein air, exh. cat., Stockholm 1988, n.p., no. 10, reproduced in colour;

P. Vad, Vilhelm Hammershøi—Værk og liv, Copenhagen 1988, pp. 147 and 453, no. 142, reproduced p. 147;

A. Rosenvold Hvidt and G. Oelsner, Vilhelm Hammershøi, på sporet af det åbne billede, Copenhagen 2021, p. 123, reproduced in colour.

Copenhagen, Den Frie Udstilling, 1895, no. 15;

Copenhagen, Kunstforeningen, Arbejder af Vilhelm Hammershøi, 9 April – 14 May 1916, no. 120;

Stockholm, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Nyere Dansk kunst, November–December 1919, no. 428;

Copenhagen, Kunstforeningen, Udvalg af Vilh. Hammershøis arbejder, 5–25 January 1930, no. 6;

Stockholm, Sveriges Allmänna Konstförening, Vilhelm Hammershøi, Theodor Philipsen, L.A. Ring, 1930, no. 11;

Stockholm, Åmells Konsthandel, Från atelier till plein air, 25 November – 17 December 1988, no. 10.