| Owner: | David David-Weill — Neuilly s/Seine, France | ||||||||||||||||
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| Collection: | (D.W/DW) David-Weill | ||||||||||||||||
| Inventory No.: | D.-W. 3 Kiste Nr. DW 9 |
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| Artist: | 1813, Vigée, le Brun L.E., 1755 Paris - 1842 Paris | ||||||||||||||||
| Medium: | Paintings | ||||||||||||||||
| Title: | Brustbild eines Herrn | ||||||||||||||||
| Description: | L.E. 1813 Vor hellem Grund, Oberkörper nach rechts gewandt, Kopf den Betrachter ansehend. Dunkler Rock, über dem noch ein roter Streifen der Weste mit weisser Halsbinde und grauem Halstuch sichtbar wird. Gegenstück zu D.-W. 2 Öl auf Lwd. 59,7 [x] 48,2 Gerahmt Fassung: gerahmt Bezeichnet Signatur: L.E. Vigée le Brun 1813 |
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| Provenance and Comments: | This item shows up in an early handwritten inventory of items seized and crated at Mareil le Guyon in the summer of 1940. According to that inventory, a portrait of a lady, with identical measurements, by Vigee le Brun, is also mentioned. It could be either on the verso of the work or acting as a pendant to the aforementioned portrait of a man. | ||||||||||||||||
| Archival Sources: | RG 260 M1943 Reel 3 NARA; Bundesarchiv, B323/268 | ||||||||||||||||
| Measurements: | 59,7 x 48,2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Framed? | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
| Signed? | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
| Intake place: | Chateau de Mareil le Guyon | ||||||||||||||||
| Transfer place: | Wehrmacht? | ||||||||||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1940-07-00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Transfer place: | Jeu de Paume | ||||||||||||||||
| Repatriated to France? | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
| Repatriation date: | 1945-11-13 | ||||||||||||||||
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