Keywords: Musician Holding Bagpipes 1632.jpg This unusual picture shows a musician of the early seventeenth century He stands with the tools of his trade an elaborately decorated bagpipe and on the wall behind him a violin Although the eagle on the silver coin may suggest a German or Habsburg connection the picture ™s style and technique redolent of Jan Miense Molenaer ™s musical subjects points to both a Dutch artist and sitter - Phillip Mould Gallery catalogue entry 1632 oil on panel cm 40 30 accession number object history Private collection of Max Stern 1904-1987 Lempertz Auction House in Cologne Germany Art dealer London Art dealer Lawrence Steigrad Fine Arts <ref>http //www steigrad com/ www steigrad com</ref> U S Immigration and Customs Enforcement ICE and the U S Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York<ref>http //www ice gov/pi/nr/0904/090421newyork htm www ice gov ICE returns painting stolen during Holocaust 17th century painting belonged to a Jewish art dealer who was forced to sell it by the Nazis 2009-04-21 2009 Retrieved 2010-06-17 </ref> Max Stern heirs foundation credit line http //www philipmould com/InternalMain asp PD-old-100 External links http //cityroom blogs nytimes com/2009/04/21/a-postwar-reversal-in-nazi-ordered-art-sale/ more-26179 cityroom blogs nytimes com/ The New York Times ” N Y / Region ” A Postwar Reversal in Nazi-Ordered Art Sale by Sewell Chan 2009-04-21 Retrieved 2010-06-17 References reflist 17th-century unidentified painters 1632 17th-century portrait paintings in private collections 1632 17th-century portrait paintings of unidentified men 1632 1630s paintings in private collections 1632 portrait paintings Male 17th-century oil on panel paintings 17th-century oil portraits of standing men at half length 1632 17th-century oil portraits of standing men at three-quarter length 1632 17th-century paintings of musicians Bagpipes in art Baroque paintings of musicians Buff coats Jugs in art Male musicians with musical instruments Paintings of men holding musical instruments Paintings with years of production artist Portrait paintings of bearded men 1632 Portraits with musical instruments 1632 Portraits with violins 1632 Tables in portrait paintings 1632 |