Henk Welther (1885-1947) was not a painter, but an art dealer from The Hague. He came from a large family with different art dealers. His father was an art dealer, and so were his brothers Henri and Willem Frederik. Late 19th and early 20th century it was common for art dealers to sign paintings of different artists. Henk Welter signed the paintings with H. Welter and later with H. Welther and H. Kakebeen, the name of his wife. Henk changed his last name in Welther at a later age, because his brother Henri had been declared bankrupt in 1912. Because of this bankruptcy, Henk experienced a lot of trouble because of the same initial as his younger brother. The painting offered here is probably from Jan Knikker Senior (1889-1957) or from Aris Knikker (1887-1962).