| Owner: | Alexandrine de Rothschild — Boulogne sur Seine, 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 33 Kiste Nr. B 36 |
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| Artist: | 1700, Französisch | ||||||||||||
| Medium: | Sculpture | ||||||||||||
| Title: | Büste Ludwig XIV | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Auf einem weißen Marmorsockel, der aus einer quadratischen Platte und einer runden, stark profilierten Basis besteht, ist mit Gips die hinten hohle Büste befestigt. Ludwig XIV [ist] nach [seiner linken] nach rechts blickend [gegeben] mit großer Allongeperücke, [reich bewegtem] Jabot, Rüstung und über die rechte Schulter geworfene Umhang, der links unten und über der Schulter geknotet ist. Unter den Armen abgeschnitten. G. Höhe d. Sockels: 25,5 cm Breite-Tiefe d. Sockels: 29,3 cm Höhe der Büste ca 54 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. After this item was restituted to Alexandrine de Rothschild, she returned it to the French government in 1954 because it did not belong to her. | ||||||||||||
| Archival Sources: | RG 260 M1943 Reel 2 NARA; Bundesarchiv, B323/294; RV 7, RV 103, MAEE, Paris, France | ||||||||||||
| Measurements: | 25,5 cm; 29,3 cm; 54 cm | ||||||||||||
| 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.: | 59 | ||||||||||||
| Repatriated to France? | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Repatriation date: | 1946-07-11 | ||||||||||||
| Restituted? | Yes | ||||||||||||
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