| Owner: |
Edmond de Rothschild — Chateau Ferrieres, France |
| 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.: |
II, 1,2
F 24 |
| Artist: |
1833, Roqueplan |
| Medium: |
Paintings |
| Title: |
Zwei Damen zu Pferde |
| Description: |
ein Kavalier zu Fuss führt das vorderste Pferd |
| Literature: |
This painting might have been the same one exhibited at the 1833 Salon in Paris which was part of a series by Roqueplan on the life and works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. |
| Provenance and Comments: |
This item went from the German Embassy to the Jeu de Paume in mid-December 1940. |
| Archival Sources: |
Bundesarchiv, B323/293, B323/294 |
| Transfer place: |
German Embassy, Paris |
| Transfer place: |
Jeu de Paume |
| Transfer date: |
1940-12-19 |
| Images: |
(No image)
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