| Collection: |
(BoR) Botschaft Rothschild--The largest collections stolen in France mostly by specialized elements of the German occupation forces belonged to the Rothschild family. The German Embassy in Paris guided by Ambassador Otto Abetz, oversaw the plunder of property belonging to various members of the Rothschild family, including Maurice, Alexandrine, James-Armand and Edmond. These early removals of Rothschild property occurred in the summer and fall of 1940 and were greatly aided by the Devisenschutzkommando (DSK), a securities and financial fraud police organization that had jurisdiction over bank vaults and safe deposit boxes where thousands of art objects were stored for safekeeping. |
| Inventory No.: |
Bor 45-48
Kiste Nr. H 4 |
| Artist: |
16. Jhdt., Franz. |
| Medium: |
Decorative Arts |
| Title: |
Vier Wandteppiche |
| Description: |
Bacchantische Szenen. Architektonische Rahmung. Links und rechts zwei mit Renaissance-Ornamentik. Ranken mit Trauben und vier Grotesken gefüllte Pilaster mit Marmorinkrustation. Oberer und unterer Abschluss des Bildfeldes durch architektonische Perlstab-, Zahnschnitt- und Kymathionleisten. |
| Literature: |
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| Provenance and Comments: |
These items were set aside for Goering at the Jeu de Paume to be handed over to Hitler. |
| Archival Sources: |
Bundesarchiv, B323/315; RV 103, MAEE, Paris, France |
| Transfer place: |
German Embassy, Paris |
| Transfer date: |
1940-08-00 |
| Transfer place: |
Jeu de Paume |
| Transfer date: |
1941-05-02 |
| Transfer place: |
H. G. |
| Transfer place: |
Adolf Hitler |
| Munich No.: |
44787/2 44787/3 44787/1 44787/4 |
| Repatriated to France? |
Yes |
| Repatriation date: |
1948-12-03 |
| Restituted? |
Yes |
| Images: |
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