| Owner: | Germain Seligmann — New York City, US | ||||||||||||
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| Collection: | (Sel) Arnold, Andre and Jacques Seligmann | ||||||||||||
| Inventory No.: | Sel. 106 Inv. Nr. Alte Slg.: Botschaftsl I b 47 Kiste Nr. E 180 |
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| Artist: | Jean Baptiste Mallet, geb. 1759 in Grasse - gest. 1835 in Paris | ||||||||||||
| Medium: | Works on Paper | ||||||||||||
| Title: | Zuführung der Braut. | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Vor einem Vorhang, über dem das Gewölbe einer Saeulenhalle sichtbar wird, führt ein Jüngling ein junges bekraenztes Maedchen einem sitzenden junges bekraenztes Maedchen einem sitzenden jungen Mann zu. Alle drei tragen antikische Gewaender. Links eine Amorstatue rechts rin Konsoltisch auf Löwenbeinen. AGF/Dr.Wirth Pinselzeichn. mit Deckfarben H. 20,5, Br. 14,5 cm Gerahmt Fassung: Goldrahmen Bezeichnet Signatur: sign. am Sockel: J. Mallet des Sossels Bemerkung: Aus dem Besitz Jacques Seligmann. |
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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. | ||||||||||||
| Archival Sources: | RG 260 M1943 Reel 25 NARA; Bundesarchiv, B323/287, B323/304; RV 103, MAEE, Paris, France | ||||||||||||
| Measurements: | 20,5 x 14,5 cm | ||||||||||||
| Framed? | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Signed? | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Transfer place: | German Embassy, Paris | ||||||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1940-08-00 | ||||||||||||
| Transfer place: | Louvre | ||||||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1940-11-00 | ||||||||||||
| Transfer place: | Lager Peter | ||||||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1944-10-27 | ||||||||||||
| Munich No.: | 761/8 | ||||||||||||
| Repatriated to France? | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Repatriation date: | 1946-09-19 | ||||||||||||
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