| 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 25 Kiste Nr. München Fuhrerbau 4 |
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| Artist: | Quirijn Quiringh] [Kuieringh] van Brekenlam [Brekenlenkam] | ||||
| Medium: | Paintings | ||||
| Title: | Old woman at the fireplace | ||||
| Description: | 48 [43] x 36 cm Oil on panel |
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| Provenance and Comments: | According to the Munich Central Collecting Point (MCCP) file, this painting by van Brekelenkam was acquired for the Linz Museum, stored at the Führerbau, stolen by unknown individuals, recovered from Alfred Fischer of Munich by MFAA investigator Edgar Breitenbach and brought to the MCCP on 26 November 1948. The list of missing paintings from the Schloss Collection dated 15 February 1945 indicates that this work by van Brekenlenkam measures 43 x 36 cm and is entited "Au coin de l'atre." | ||||
| Archival Sources: | RG 260 M1949 Reel 13; RG260 M1946 Reel 15 NARA; www.dhm.de; RV 100bis/A25, 209SUP/107, 209SUP_carton 4d39, AMAE, La Courneuve, France | ||||
| Measurements: | 48 x 36 cm | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Munich No.: | 48228 | ||||
| Repatriated to France? | Yes | ||||
| Repatriation date: | 1948-12-03 | ||||
| Restituted? | Yes | ||||
| Restitution date: | 1949-05-31 | ||||
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