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For 80 years, Wilhelm Busch’s drawing “Die drei Räuber” (The Three Robbers) was considered lost. Now it has reappeared on the Swiss art market and has been donated by the former owner of the work to the Kupferstichkabinett (Museum of Prints and Drawings) of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Berlin State Museums).
In spring 2025, a private collection from Winterthur was consigned for auction at the Koller auction house in Zurich. During his research, Franz-Carl Diegelmann, head of the Old Prints and Drawings department, discovered that the drawing “Die drei Räuber” (The Three Robbers), based on Wilhelm Busch’s poem “Die kühne Müllerstochter” (The Bold Miller’s Daughter), had formerly belonged to the Berlin Kupferstichkabinett (Museum of Prints and Drawings) and had been lost during the turmoil of war. The auction house then contacted the museum, which confirmed the war loss. After discussions between the auction house and the owner of the drawing, she agreed to donate …
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Image above: Wilhelm Busch, Die drei Räuber (aus: Die kühne Müllerstochter), 1868, Schwarze Kreide auf Papier (vélin), 14,7 x 13,8 cm, © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett / Antje Penz.
