| Owner: |
MM. Bernheim-Jeune — Paris, France |
| Collection: |
(JBernheim-Jeune) Paris region and Rastignac-While most of Josse Bernheim-Jeune's collection was spread out among properties in Paris and Fontainebleau, parts of it were transferred to the Rastignac estate in the Dordogne in southwestern France. On March 30, 1944, a combination of German troops, Georgian irregulars from Paris, SD agents from Perigueux and SS troops descended in the area around Rastignac. The castle was torched. After the war, a surviving witness attested to the fact that the art works had perished even though others attested to the presence of several trucks that left the castle grounds shortly before the fire was set. The fate of the art is unknown. |
| Inventory No.: |
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| Artist: |
Grèce antique |
| Medium: |
Antiquities |
| Title: |
Tete en marbre de Paros |
| Description: |
40 cm |
| Literature: |
Reproduced in "L'Art Moderne et quelques aspects de l'Art d'autrefois", 1919. Plate 170, Vol. 2 |
| Provenance and Comments: |
According to the French postwar documentation on the Bernheim-Jeune losses, this ancient Greek statue might have disappeared from their property in Fontainebleau. |
| Archival Sources: |
RA 625, MAEE, Paris, France |
| Measurements: |
40 cm |
| Intake place: |
Hotel Polignac, Fontainebleau |
| Intake date: |
1941-00-00 |
| Restituted? |
No |
| Images: |
(No image)
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