| 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 56 II, 1,2 Kiste Nr. B 43 |
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| Artist: | [A.R.] Mengs, Anton Raphael, geb. 1728 in Aussig, gest. 1779 in Rom. | ||||||||||||||||
| Medium: | Paintings | ||||||||||||||||
| Title: | Bildnis einer Königin in violette Kleid und violettem mit weissem Pelz gefütterten Mantel. | ||||||||||||||||
| Description: | Wert: PETER Auf einem Tischchen links die Krone. Öl auf Leinwand. Aus der Slg. Edmond Rothschild, Schloss Ferrieres. G. Öl auf Lwd. 106 x 87 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. | ||||||||||||||||
| Archival Sources: | RG 260 M1943 Reel 2 NARA; Bundesarchiv, B323/293, B323/294; RV 103, MAEE, Paris, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Measurements: | 106 x 87 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 | ||||||||||||||||
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