Hans Vredeman de Vries Leeuwarden 1525/26 – 1609 Hamburg
The Emperor Trajan and the Widow
Signed and dated lower right HANS.VME. VRIESE 1572 (HANS and VME interlaced) Oil on panel 72.1 x 106.7 cmProvenance
Prague, art trade Jänner
From whom acquired in 1829; thence by descent
Bückeburg, Schloss Bückeburg, Fürstliche Hofkammer, collection Philipp Ernst Fürst zu Schaumburg-Lippe (1928-2003), inv. no. 165