Carl Bantzer (Ziegenhain 1857 – 1941 Marburg). Kathche Dörrbecker (”Bildnis eines hessischen Bauernmädchens”). 1897 Oil on canvas. 126 × 84 cm (49 ⅝ × 33 ⅛ in.). signed and inscribed upper left: C. Bantzer Willingshsn. Bantzer 1.116 (“Schwälmer Mädchen in Trauer (Kathche Dörrbecker)“).– [3345] Provenance: Private Collection, Düsseldorf (1911 acquired from the artist) / Private Collection, Southern Germany Exhibition: Große Berliner Kunstausstellung. Berlin 1903, cat. p. 2, no. 23 Literature and illustration: Carl Bantzer/Angelika Baeumerth: Hessen in der deutschen Malerei. Marburg, Hitzeroth Verlag, 1993, p. 124 and 325