| Owner: | Maurice de Rothschild — Chateau d'Armainvilliers, France | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 209 AUS KISTE NR. Bor 149 [B 149] II, 2,1 30 |
||||||||
| Artist: | Pillement, J. | ||||||||
| Medium: | Works on Paper | ||||||||
| Title: | Entwurf für einen chinesischen Fächer. | ||||||||
| Description: | In einem romantischen Garten sitzt ein Mandarin von einem Sonnenschirm beschattet auf einem blauen Thronsessel. Ein vor ihr knieender, kahlschädeliger Chinese bietet aus einem Korb Fische an, ein zweiter trägt Erfrischungen heran. Links ein Räucherbecken, rechts Fischergeräte. Slg. Maurice Rothschild, aufgefunden in Armainvilliers, übernommen von der Botschaft. Aquarell 21,5 x 50 Gerahmt Fassung: Neuzeitlicher Goldrahmen Bezeichnet Signatur: Im Kreisausschnitt unten rechts: signiert |
||||||||
| Literature: | |||||||||
| Provenance and Comments: | The item--BoR 209--was in a crate set aside for von Behr at the Louvre before it was transferred to the Jeu de Paume in mid-December 1940. | ||||||||
| Archival Sources: | RG 260 M1943 Reel 2 NARA; Bundesarchiv, B323/293, B323/294, B323/304; RV 103, RV 107, MAEE, Paris, France | ||||||||
| Measurements: | 21,5 x 50 | ||||||||
| Framed? | Yes | ||||||||
| Signed? | Yes | ||||||||
| Intake place: | German Embassy, Paris | ||||||||
| Transfer place: | Louvre | ||||||||
| Transfer place: | Jeu de Paume | ||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1940-12-19 | ||||||||
| Transfer place: | Lager Peter | ||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1944-10-27 | ||||||||
| Images: |
|
||||||||
