Daniël George van Beuningen

[1] He was the son of Hendrik Adriaan van Beuningen, and Anna Lavenia Brain of Kelmscott.

His father was co-founder of the Steenkolen Handels Vereniging, which became important during the World War I supplying both the English and German armies with coal.

[4] van Beuningen was a collector of art from the 15th and 16th century out of the northern and southern parts of the Netherlands.

His sales of Adolf Hitler are the subject of controversy, in particular concerning drawings from the Koenigs collection.

A short second marriage to Odette Paule Fernande Ragoulleau ended in divorce.