Dancing Peasants
16th century
Tempera and oil on wood
16 1/8 x 14 1/8 in. (41 x 35.9 cm)
LeRoy M. Backus Collection
52.39
Provenance: Collection of Paul Delaroff (1852-1913), Gatschina Russia (near St. Petersburg); [Kunsthandlung Julius Böhler] [1]; Dr. Arthur Salomonsohn Collection (1859- 1930), Berlin, by 1918 [2]; by inheritance to Alma Bertha Salomonsohn Collection (later Solmssen; 1872-1961) [3]; (possibly sold 1941) [4]; LeRoy M. Backus collection (1879-1948), Seattle, Washington; bequest from Mr. Backus to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1952
[1] According to Roh, p.4, the painting was originally in Delaroff’s collection in Russia, then with Kunsthandlung Julius Böhler, a well-known Munich dealer. Mrs. Salomonsohn’s lawyer refers to this dealer.
[2] By the time Roh wrote (1918) the painting had moved to a private collection in Berlin, probably Salomonsohn’s.
[3] Various scholars, such as Marlier, give the date 1937 which probably means only that they knew the painting was with the widow Salomonsohn (1872-1961) in that year. The widow’s maiden name was Barschall.
[4] Art Gallery of Hamilton (ON) references a 1941 sale of their Salomonsohn painting; unknown what other Salomonsohn paintings were included