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Owner: Minka Strauss — , France
Collection: (R) Rothschild
Inventory No.: R 1079
Aus Kiste Nr. 659
Artist: Jean-Baptiste Leprince (Metz, 1733-St. Denis-du-Port, 1781)
Medium: Works on Paper
Title: Zwei Tartaren in Unterhaltung.
Description: der eine mit langem Säbel in der linken Hand, stehend und auf eine vor ihm sitzende Person herabblickend, die eine lange Pfeife zwischen den Knien hält. 
AGF/ Spa
Rotel,
H. 21,9 - Br. 15,9
Goldrahmen
Literature: Auf der Rückseite ein Zettel aus Versteigerungskatalog (Nr. 45) mit der handschriftl. Bemerkung: "Vente L. de V. 3 mars 1926". 
Provenance and Comments: Although this item is listed as belonging to the estate of Robert de Rothschild, Minka Strauss also lists this "sanguine" by Jean-Baptiste Leprince as belonging to her and which she stored at the Rothschild-owned Chateau de Reux, by Pont-l'Eveque, for safekeeping before the arrival of the Germans in France. This work by Leprince was restituted to Alain and Elie de Rothschild.
Archival Sources: RG 260 M1943 Reel 18 NARA; Bundesarchiv, B323/281, 304; RA 14, RA 47, RV 103, MAEE, Paris, France
Measurements: 21,9 x 15,9 cm
Framed? Yes
Intake place: Chateau de Reux, Pont L'Eveque, France
Transfer place: Jeu de Paume
Transfer date: 1941-00-00
Transfer place: Lager Peter
Transfer date: 1944-10-27
Munich No.: 355/38
Repatriated to France? Yes
Repatriation date: 1946-05-23
Restituted? Yes
Restitution date: 1948-02-11
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