| Owner: | Mme. Pierre Levy — La Bourboule, 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 86 II, 1,2 Kiste Nr. B 49 MD 2 |
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| Artist: | Sir Henry Raeburn, geb. 1756 in Stockbridge, gest. 1823 in Edinburgh. | ||||||||||||||||
| Medium: | Works on Paper | ||||||||||||||||
| Title: | Brustbild des Mr. J. Patterson. | ||||||||||||||||
| Description: | Nach links gewendet, den Beschauer anblickend. In grauem Rock mit hohem Kragen und weißem Spitzentuch. Gegenstück zu BoR 87. G. Pastell, hochoval 27 x 21 cm gerahmt Zugangstag, In Paris: übernommen von der Botschaft. |
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| Literature: | Aus der Slg. Maurice Dreyfus. Auf der Rückseite ein alter Zettel: Exposition des Pastellistes anglais du 18e siècle, Paris 1911. Nr. 61. Abb. Les arts 1911, H. 117, S. 31 (Resitz M. Glen). | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 in mid-December 1940. This painting, although stolen at the home of Maurice Dreyfus, actually belonged to his sister, Mrs. Pierre Levy. It had been presumably sold at a public auction in Berlin in 1941. | ||||||||||||||||
| Archival Sources: | RG 260 M1943 Reel 2 NARA; Bundesarchiv, B323/293, B323/294, B323/304; RA 6, MAEE, Paris, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Measurements: | 27 x 21 cm | ||||||||||||||||
| Framed? | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
| Transfer place: | German Embassy, Paris | ||||||||||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1940-09-00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Transfer place: | Louvre | ||||||||||||||||
| Transfer place: | Jeu de Paume | ||||||||||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1940-12-19 | ||||||||||||||||
| Transfer place: | Lager Peter | ||||||||||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1944-10-27 | ||||||||||||||||
| Repatriated to France? | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
| Repatriation date: | 1946-09-19 | ||||||||||||||||
| Restituted? | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
| Restitution date: | 1947-02-25 | ||||||||||||||||
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