| Owner: | Consorts Schloss — Paris, France |
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| Collection: | (Schloss) Adolphe Schloss-The Schloss collection was assembled with great care by Adolphe Schloss, a German Jew who settled in Paris in the late 19th century. In August 1939, the collection was transferred to a vault at the Chateau de Chambon (Corrèze) for safekeeping. On April 16, 1943, a combination of Nazi policemen and French officials from the CGQJ worked together to confiscate the Schloss collection and transfer it to Paris for processing. There, the collection was split into three parts--the largest going to the Linz Museum project. That part of the collection (262 paintings) was transferred to the Führerbau (Munich) on 24 November 1943 where it remained untouched until 29-30 April 1945 when local Munich citizens broke into the building housing the collection and hundreds of other works and stole everything. Nearly half of the Schloss paintings are still unrestituted. |
| Inventory No.: | Schloss 181 Kiste Nr. Muenchen Fuhrerbau 16 |
| Artist: | 1634, Harmensz van Rijn Rembrandt |
| Medium: | Paintings |
| Title: | Vieillard à barbe blanche, coiffé d'une toque noire |
| Description: | 64 x 47 cm Signé à gauche, mi hauteur Rembrandt f. 1634 |
| Literature: | |
| Provenance and Comments: | Supplemental information provided by the French Ministry of Culture. The painting by Rembrandt was subject to a claim in the United States supported by a diplomatic initiative. Restituted in April 1999. |
| Archival Sources: | http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/sites/archives_diplo/schloss/tableauxR/tableaux134.html?provenance=collection; fold3.com; ZIKG, Munich |
| Measurements: | 64 x 47 cm |
| Signed? | Yes |
| Intake place: | 38 avenue Henri Martin, Paris |
| Transfer place: | Chateau de Chambon, Laguenne, Corrèze |
| Transfer date: | 1939-08-20 |
| Transfer place: | Banque Dreyfus, Paris, France |
| Transfer date: | 1943-08-11 |
| Transfer place: | Jeu de Paume |
| Transfer date: | 1943-11-03 |
| Transfer place: | Führerbau, Munich |
| Transfer date: | 1943-11-24 |
| Linz No.: | 3108 |
| Restituted? | Yes |
| Restitution date: | 1999-04-00 |
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