. . "First half of the 19th century, probably Wilhelm Dettelbach, Gailingen, near Konstanz, Germany [see note 1]; probably sold by Dettelbach to the Princes of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen; by 1874, kept at the F\u00FCrstlich Hohenzollernsches Museum, Sigmaringen, Germany [see note 2]; 1928, sold, upon the dispersal of the collection under the direction of the St\u00E4delsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt, to Ottmar Strauss (b. 1878 - d. 1941), Cologne [see note 3]; deposited at the Commerzbank, Cologne, where it remained for the duration of World War II [see note 4]; 1954, sold by Paul Weiden on behalf of Westra, A.G., Basel, to Rosenberg and Stiebel, New York [see note 5]; 1954, sold by Rosenberg and Stiebel to the MFA for $95,000. (Accession Date: December 9, 1954)\n\nNOTES:\n[1] According to a letter from Peter Kempf, Director, F\u00FCrstlich Hohenzollernsches Museum to Jean-Michel Tuchscherer of the MFA (September 25, 1984). \n\n[2] See F. A. Lehner, F\u00FCrstlich Hohenzollern'sches Museum zu Sigmaringen: Verzeichnis der Textilarbeiten (Sigmaringen, 1874), p. 4, cat. no. 2. \n\n[3] Georg Swarzenski, \"Der Verkauf der Sigmaringer Sammlung,\" Zeitschrift f\u00FCr bildende Kunst 11/12 (1928-1929): 277. The tapestry was exhibited at the St\u00E4del in 1928; see Kurzes Verzeichnis der im Staedelschen Kunstinstitut ausgestellten Sigmaringer Sammlungen (Frankfurt, 1928), p. 100, cat. no. 1125. \n\n[4] See Elfi Pracht, \"Ottmar Strauss: Industrieller, Staatsbeamter, Kunstsammler,\" Menora: Jahrbuch f\u00FCr deutsch-j\u00FCdische Geschichte 1994, p. 69, n. 50. Before fleeing Germany for Switzerland in 1936, Strauss sold most of his art collection in a series of auctions in Frankfurt. This tapestry, however, remained in his possession. Hermann Goering was interested in acquiring the work, but it remained in a Cologne bank vault throughout the Nazi era. \n\n[5] At his death, Strauss bequeathed the tapestry to his grandson, Stephan Kronenberg (see Pracht 1994, as above, n. 4). When the tapestry was sold in 1954, it was through the family's company; Westra had been founded as the Ottmar Strauss Corporation in 1950. Strauss's son, Ulrich, was president; Paul Weiden was his attorney. / Charles Potter Kling Fund" . . .