| Owner: | Maurice de Rothschild — 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 185 Aus Kiste Nr. Bor 148 I, 2 |
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| Artist: | Eisen, Charles, Dominique-Joseph. geb. 1720 in Valenciennes, gest. 1778 in Brüssel. | ||||||||||||
| Medium: | Works on Paper | ||||||||||||
| Title: | Aesop inmitten seiner Fabeltiere dichtend. | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Der Dichter sitzt nach rechts gewendet mit übergeschlagenen Beinen auf einem Stein und schreibt, wahrend sein Blick zu einer auf Wolken gelagerten, nackten Frauengestalt - [wahl der Muse der Dichtkunst] - emporgeht, über die zwei Engelputten baldachinartig ein Tuch ausbreiten. Er ist umgeben von zahlreichen Tieren - Schlange, Maus, Hund, Hase, Esel, Kuh, Pferd, Löwe, Uhu u.a.m.. An den Sitz gelehnt das [Profil] Ovalrelief eines bärtigen Mannes mit pyrigischer Mütze, davor an Boden eine Lyra. Sammlung Maurice Rothschild. G. Pinselzeichng. laviert. 13 x 8,7 cm Gerahmt Fassung: Dreifach profilierter Louis-XVI-Rahmen, vergoldet, holzgeschnitzt. br. 4,5 cm. Innenweite 22,5 x 16,5 cm Zugangstag, In Paris: übernommen von der Botschaft. |
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| Provenance and Comments: | Transferred from the German Embassy to the Jeu de Paume l'Ambassade au Jeu de Paume; inventoried on 24 April 1944. | ||||||||||||
| Archival Sources: | RG 260 M1943 Reel 2 NARA; Bundesarchiv, B323/304; RV 103, MAEE, Paris, France | ||||||||||||
| Measurements: | 13 x 8,7 cm; 4,5 cm; 22,5 x 16,5 cm | ||||||||||||
| Framed? | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Intake place: | German Embassy, rue de Lille, Paris | ||||||||||||
| Transfer place: | Jeu de Paume | ||||||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1944-04-24 | ||||||||||||
| Transfer place: | Lager Peter | ||||||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1944-10-27 | ||||||||||||
| Munich No.: | 360/10 | ||||||||||||
| Repatriated to France? | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Shipment No.: | 8 | ||||||||||||
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