| Owner: | Maurice de Rothschild — Chateau d'Armainvilliers, France | ||||||||
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| 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 216 Aus Kiste Nr. Bor 148 I, 1 |
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| Artist: | 1774, Dunker, B.A. | ||||||||
| Medium: | Works on Paper | ||||||||
| Title: | Verfallende Brücke bei Oberried. | ||||||||
| Description: | Aus Steinquadern gemauerter Brückenpfeiler mit daraufliegenden Planken und Baumstämmen wird von einem Bauern- mit geschulterter Sense überquert. Unten links ein städtisch gekleidetes Paar in Rückenfigur und ein kleiner Hund. Zarte Frben (Farben), käftige Umrisse. Gegenstück zu Bor 215 Slg. Maurice Rothschild, übernommen von der Botschaft, aufgefunden in Armainvilliers. Aquarellierte Federzeichnung. 36 x 25 Gerahmt Fassung: In Goldrahmen im Stil des 18. Jahrhunderts. Bezeichnet Signatur: auf dem rechten Pfeiler: Dessine à Oberried par B.A. Dunker 1774. |
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| Archival Sources: | RG 260 M1943 Reel 2 NARA; Bundesarchiv, B323/294; RA 620, RV 103, MAEE, Paris, France | ||||||||
| Measurements: | 36 x 25 | ||||||||
| Framed? | Yes | ||||||||
| Signed? | Yes | ||||||||
| Intake place: | German Embassy, Paris | ||||||||
| Transfer place: | Jeu de Paume | ||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1941-05-02 | ||||||||
| Repatriated to France? | Yes | ||||||||
| Restituted? | Yes | ||||||||
| Restitution date: | 1946-04-09 | ||||||||
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