1935, (art market, Paris, France)
1938, Alexander Popoff (Paris)
(Leo Grinberg, dealer/agent for Popoff, New York, New York, USA)
1939-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Oil on oak panel
Founders Society Purchase, General Membership Fund
39.1
European Painting
1935, (art market, Paris, France)
1938, Alexander Popoff (Paris)
(Leo Grinberg, dealer/agent for Popoff, New York, New York, USA)
1939-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Flemish, Two Jesters, between 1550 and 1575, oil on oak panel. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, General Membership Fund, 39.1.