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4 of February 23, 1933, was dismissed by order of the Fideikomis-Senate of the Upper Regional Court of Vienna dated May 19, 1939. Finally, the decision of the Fideikomis senate of Vienna of June 3, 1941 stated that the Fadeikomis had expired; the sale of the present painting to Adolf Hitler had already been made, namely on June 25, 1941. ==References====External links==* Official website* Official website Buying interests, sales intentions in the First Republic Interests in buying the present painting are documented above all in the documents of the internationally active art trading company Duveen Brothers of the English art dealer Joseph Duvean (1869-1939), who already turned to Eugen Jaromir Czernin in 1923 for a purchase of the present paintings, then at a price of £50,000,-- to 60,000,-, to the then Fideikommis owner. After his death Joseph Duveen turned directly to the heir Franz Jaromir Czernin. In a telegram, however, he was answered by the "Czerninian Administration" on September 7, 1925, that the "Vermeer is not currently available for sale." Joseph Duveen subsequently commissioned Gabriel de Teréy, director of the Museum of the Arts in Budapest, to mediate. De Teréi reported that there were allegedly two bidders for the actual painting for US$ 1 million each from English galleries. However, sales were only possible after the Erb- and Fideikomiss matters had been settled. Furthermore, de Teréy reported that the New York art dealer Roland Knoedler had offered US$ 450,000,– for the present painting. From 1927, there were reports of two English museums offering US$ 1.25 million. However, Duveen Brothers rated these offerers as "ridiculous" in an internal assessment. From telegrams from September 1928 of the New York branch of Duveen Brothers to the Paris branch, it follows that the American art collector Andrew William Mellon (1855-1937) would have offered for the present painting US$ 400,000,--. After the death of Franz Jaromir Czernin (9. At the end of 1932, further contacts took place, and the documents of the art trade Duveen show that the Czernin family expected at least US$800,000,--, but that a