| Owner: | Edmond de Rothschild — Chateau Ferrieres, 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 55 I, 2 Kiste Nr. B 45 |
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| Artist: | Elisabeth Vigée Lebrun, geb. 1755 in Paris, gest. 1842 ebenda. | ||||||||||||
| Medium: | Paintings | ||||||||||||
| Title: | Selbstbildnis der Künstlerin mit Palette. | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Das Haar ist mit Rosen geschmückt. Halbfigur, nach rechts gerichtet. Öl auf Leinwand. Aus der Slg. Edmond Rothschild, Schloss Ferrieres. Aufbewahrungsort: PETER G. Öl auf Lwd. 73 x 60 cm Zugangstag, In Paris: übernommen von der Botschaft. |
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| Provenance and Comments: | This item was packed in a crate at the German Embassy, then transferred to the Louvre from where it was taken to the Jeu de Paume. This painting bears strong resemblance in its description to one that was stored at the German Embassy in Paris. | ||||||||||||
| Archival Sources: | RG 260 M1943 Reel 2 NARA, RG 239 M 1944 Reel 84 NARA; Bundesarchiv, B323/293, B323/294; RV 103, MAEE, Paris, France | ||||||||||||
| Measurements: | 73 x 60 cm | ||||||||||||
| Intake place: | Chateau de Ferrieres | ||||||||||||
| Transfer place: | German Embassy, Paris | ||||||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1940-08-00 | ||||||||||||
| Transfer place: | Louvre | ||||||||||||
| Transfer place: | Jeu de Paume | ||||||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1941-05-02 | ||||||||||||
| Munich No.: | 217/1 | ||||||||||||
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