Provenance
Collection Henry Thode, Heidelberg (1909, until 1920 the latest). Collection Hermann Weiß, Landau (from August 1933 the latest until at least September 1937). Collection Georg Wambsganß, Mannheim (at least from May 1939 until 1943). Privat collection Mannheim (family-owned for three generations). Amicable agreement with the heirs after Hermann Weiß (2021). The work is free from restitution claims.
Exhibited
Hans Thoma 1839-1939, Gedächtnisausstellung zum 100. Geburtstag, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe 1939, no. 122. Hans Thoma. Lebensbilder, Augustinermuseum Freiburg im Breisgau, October 2 - December 3, 1989, p. 232, no. 69 (with color illu.).
Literature
Henry Thode, Klassiker der Kunst: Hans Thoma, Stuttgart/Leipzig 1909, p. 179 (with color illu.). Karl Robert Langewiesche, Hans Thoma. Der liebe Friede, Königstein im Taunus/Leipzig 1927, p. 21 (with color illu.). Galerie Heinemann, Munich, offer from Hermann Weiß, 1933 and 1937 (manuscript, gallery estate Heinemann - Deutsches Kunstarchiv Nuremberg, file of works on offer, KA-T-147, document-ID: 26956). Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, proof of insurance for K. G. Wambsganß, May 4, 1939, no. 1 (typescript, archive of Kunsthalle Karlsruhe). Kunsthalle Mannheim, list of artworks from private ownership kept at the Heidelberg Castle, presumably autumn 1943, no. 10 (typescript, Mannheim municipal archive, inventory of Kunsthalle, file 'Aufbewahrung von Kunstwerken, Leihgaben von Privaten, Aufbewahrung von Kunstwerken zur Begutachtung, 2012, file 325, pp. 6–8).