| Owner: | Germain Seligmann — New York City, US | ||||||||||||
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| Collection: | (Sel) Arnold, Andre and Jacques Seligmann | ||||||||||||
| Inventory No.: | Sel. 532 I, 58 Kiste Nr. E 170 Kiste Nr. G 8 |
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| Artist: | François Lemoyne, 1688-1737 | ||||||||||||
| Medium: | Paintings | ||||||||||||
| Title: | Leda mit dem Schwan. | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Die unbekleidete Leda sitzt am Rande eines Wassers und hält mit ihrer rechten Hand den Schwan, der sich an sie schmiegt. Links steht breitbeinig ein kleiner geflügelter Amor mit Bogen in der Hand. Ovalbild. Öl auf Leinwand. AGF/Dr.v.Ing. Öl auf Lwd. H. 122 Br. 106 cm Verbleib: HG. Zugangstag, in Paris: Mai 1944 |
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| Provenance and Comments: | This item was in a crate supplied by the Schenker company and stored at the German Embassy in Paris in the summer of 1940. Germain Seligmann, president of Jacques Seligmann & Co., NY, acquired this object as part of a transaction between his firm and the Paris firm of Jacques Seligmann et Cie. in February 1940. This object was packed into a crate and transferred to the Jeu de Paume for Goering. | ||||||||||||
| Archival Sources: | RG 260 M1943 Reel 25 NARA; Bundesarchiv, B323/287, B323/288; RA 622, RV 103, MAEE, Paris, France | ||||||||||||
| Measurements: | 122 x 106 cm | ||||||||||||
| Intake place: | Place Vendome, Paris | ||||||||||||
| Transfer place: | German Embassy, Paris | ||||||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1940-08-00 | ||||||||||||
| Transfer place: | Louvre | ||||||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1940-11-00 | ||||||||||||
| Transfer place: | H G. | ||||||||||||
| Munich No.: | 5653 | ||||||||||||
| Repatriated to France? | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Repatriation date: | 1947-09-25 | ||||||||||||
| Restituted? | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Restitution date: | 1948-02-18 | ||||||||||||
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