| 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 45 Kiste Nr. München Fuhrerbau 8 Tableau No. 62 |
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| Artist: | Benjamin Cuyp | ||||
| Medium: | Paintings | ||||
| Title: | Flucht nach Ägypten [La fuite en Egypte / Paysage nocture avec personnages] | ||||
| Description: | Holz. 50 x 40 cm (51 x 42,5 cm) Flott gemaltes Bild. Rechts unten bezeichnet: Cuyp (Rechts unten bezeichnet hell auf dunklem Grund: “Cuyp”). Signé en bas à droite. |
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| Provenance and Comments: | Slg.Jules Forgès [Porgès], Paris. This painting was offered for sale by Neumeister Auction House on 22 September 1993 in Munich, Germany as lot 431. The Schloss heirs recently agreed to a financial settlement when the painting was offered for sale at the Lempertz auction house in Köln in June 2023. The painting was offered for sale on behalf of the current possessor and the Schloss heirs. | ||||
| Archival Sources: | BArch B323/1212, B323/56, Bundesarchiv, Koblenz, Germany; AMAE MH 117, Archives du Ministère des Affaires Étrangères, La Courneuve, France; RG 11.011M Reel 428 Fond 1524, USHMM, Washington, DC, USA. | ||||
| Measurements: | 50 x 40 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 | ||||
| Transfer place: | Neumeister, Munich | ||||
| Transfer date: | 1993-09-22 | ||||
| Restituted? | Yes | ||||
| Restitution date: | 2023-06-00 | ||||
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