HANS THOMA (Bernau 1839–1924 Karlsruhe) Summer landscape on the High Rhine with farmers in a cornfield. 1883. Oil on canvas. 62 × 74 cm. Certificate: Dr Joseph August Beringer, 15.1.1930. Provenance: - Collection of Kommerzienrat Dr Karl Ladenburg, Mannheim, from the 1890s. - By descent, collection of the Ladenburg family until 1929. - Art trade Germany, October 1929. - Private collection, Switzerland. Exhibited: - Winterthur 1939, Hans Thoma. Zum 100. Geburtstag des Meisters. Werke aus Schweizerischem Besitze, Kunstverein Winterthur, 6.9.–8.10.1939, no. 25. - Winterthur 1955, Europäische Meister, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, June/July 1955 (with the label on the reverse). Literature: Henry Thode: Hans Thoma. Des Meisters Gemälde in 874 Abbildungen, in: Klassiker der Kunst, vol. 15, Stuttgart/Leipzig 1909, p. 203 (with ill.).