| 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 70 Kiste Nr. B 47 |
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| Artist: | 18. Jh., Thomas Gainsborough [...], geb. 1727 in Sudbury, gest. 1788. | ||||||||||||||||
| Medium: | Paintings | ||||||||||||||||
| Title: | Bildnis eines Mannes | ||||||||||||||||
| Description: | Wert: Peter Bildnis eines Mannes in ganzer Figur mit rosenholzfarbenem Rock, türkisfarbener Weste, schwarzer Kniehose und Dreispitz, in einer Landschaft stehend. Im Hintergrund rechts eine Windmühle. Sammlung Maurice Rothschild, Armainvilliers. G. Öl auf Lwd 127 x 101 cm Zugangstag, In Paris: übernommen von der Botschaft. |
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| Literature: | Vgl. dazu: "Tausseou," 1928, Bd. I, S. 33. Beitrag von R.R. Tassoite: Thomas Gainsborough Development." | ||||||||||||||||
| Provenance and Comments: | This item was packed in a crate at the German Embassy, then transferred to the Louvre from where it was taken to the Jeu de Paume. | ||||||||||||||||
| Archival Sources: | RG 260 M1943 Reel 2 NARA; Bundesarchi, B323/294; RV 103, MAEE, Paris, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Measurements: | 127 x 101 cm | ||||||||||||||||
| Intake place: | Chateau d'Armainvilliers | ||||||||||||||||
| Transfer place: | German Embassy, Paris | ||||||||||||||||
| Transfer place: | Louvre | ||||||||||||||||
| Transfer place: | Jeu de Paume | ||||||||||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1941-05-02 | ||||||||||||||||
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