Margarethe Vöhlin (recto); Vöhlin Coat of Arms (versos)

Inscription: (at bottom, on frame): Tausent vnd funfhundert iar Auch siben vnd zwaintzge das is war / Zallt man, do hett ich zwaintzg iar wol, Am tag Margrethe ich sagen sol (In the year one thousand five hundred, also seven and twenty, that is true, as one counts, I was twenty years old, on [Saint] Margaret’s Day [i.e., July 20] I should say)

Probably Hans Roth [d. 14 March 1573] and Margarethe Vöhlin [d. 5 July 1582], Memmingen, Augsburg, and Ulm.[1] Manoli Mandelbaum, Berlin; (Julius Böhler, Munich), in January 1922; (Paul Cassirer, Berlin); purchased March 1922 by Ralph Harman [1873-1931] and Mary Batterman [d. 1951] Booth, Detroit;[2] gift 1947 to NGA. [1] Anton H. Konrad, letter of 5 November 1988 to John Hand, in NGA curatorial files, suggested that the pictures remained in the possession of the Roth family in the Schloss at Reutti (now New-Ulm) until 1890 when bankruptcy forced the dispersal of the collection. Since the Scloss archive is not extant, this proposal remains unverified. [2] Provenance corroborated by letter of 9 November 1987 from Julius Böhler to John Hand, in NGA curatorial files. See also Böhler inventory card no. 22-149, Getty Research Institute (copy NGA curatorial files). Past Ownership: Hans and Margarethe Roth Qualifier: Probably 1527 - 1582 Collect Place: Memmingen, Germany, Europe Remarks: Probably with the Roths in year of painting's execution, 1527; end date reflects death date of Margarethe. Manoli Mandelbaum 1921 - 1922 Collect Place: Berlin, Germany, Europe Remarks: Start and end dates used for sort only - with Mandelbaum after 1582; transfered to Julius Böhler, 1922. Verlag Paul Cassirer 1922 - 1922 Collect Place: Berlin, Germany, Europe Remarks: Owned in 1922; sold to the Booths, 1922. Julius Böhler 1922 - 1922 Collect Place: Munich, Germany, Europe Remarks: Acquired from Mandelbaum, 1922; with Cassirer in 1922; sold to the Booths, 1922. Ralph Harman and Mary Batterman Booth 1922 - 1947 Collect Place: Grosse Pointe, Michigan, United States, North and Central America Remarks: Purchased 1922 from Cassirer; he died 1931. Mrs. Ralph Harman Booth 1931 - 1947 Collect Place: Grosse Pointe, Michigan, United States, North and Central America Remarks: By inheritance 1931 from her husband; gift 1947 to NGA.