| Owner: | Maurice de Rothschild-Depot der Botschaft rue de Lille 80 — Paris, France | ||||||||||||||||
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| Collection: | (BoR) Botschaft Rothschild--The largest collections stolen in France mostly by specialized elements of the German occupation forces belonged to the Rothschild family. The German Embassy in Paris guided by Ambassador Otto Abetz, oversaw the plunder of property belonging to various members of the Rothschild family, including Maurice, Alexandrine, James-Armand and Edmond. These early removals of Rothschild property occurred in the summer and fall of 1940 and were greatly aided by the Devisenschutzkommando (DSK), a securities and financial fraud police organization that had jurisdiction over bank vaults and safe deposit boxes where thousands of art objects were stored for safekeeping. | ||||||||||||||||
| Inventory No.: | BoR 162 I, 2 Kiste Nr. B 144 S.R.18 |
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| Artist: | 18. Jhd., F. Desangles, Pastellist des 18. Jhd. in Paris (nicht Cochin!) [Ressugles] | ||||||||||||||||
| Medium: | Works on Paper | ||||||||||||||||
| Title: | Brustbildnis eine älteren Herrn im Profil nach rechts. [Bildnis Herrn Préville] | ||||||||||||||||
| Description: | Auf der Rückseite Zettel mit Angabe: Vente Signol 1878. Unter der Signatur rechts vermutlich Name des Dargestellten; auf dem Foto nich zu lesen. Farbige Kreide hochoval 17,2 x 14,2 cm Gerahmt Fassung: Einfacher Goldrahmen Bezeichnet Signatur: rechts: F. Desangles Zugangstag: In Paris: übernommen von der Botschaft |
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| Literature: | Aus dem Bestiz Maurice Rothschild | ||||||||||||||||
| Provenance and Comments: | The German Embassy inventory identifies the artist as Cochin, but the ERR staff at the Jeu de Paume corrects the authorship of the work as being by F. Desangles. Another German inventory identifies the artist as Ressugles. Still, this item went from the German Embassy to the Jeu de Paume in mid-December 1940. | ||||||||||||||||
| Archival Sources: | RG 260 M1943 Reel 2 NARA; Bundesarchiv, B323/294, B323/294; RV 103, MAEE, Paris, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Measurements: | 17,2 x 14,2 cm | ||||||||||||||||
| Framed? | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
| Signed? | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
| Transfer place: | German Embassy, Paris | ||||||||||||||||
| Transfer place: | Jeu de Paume | ||||||||||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1940-12-19 | ||||||||||||||||
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