| Owner: |
Alexandrine de Rothschild — Boulogne sur Seine, 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 32
Kiste Nr. B 32 |
| Artist: |
1748, Pigalle, Jean Baptiste, geb. 1714 in Paris, gest. 1785 ebenda., 1748 |
| Medium: |
Sculpture |
| Title: |
Putto mit Apfel und Vogel. |
| Description: |
Auf einer viereckigen Sockelplatte angedeutet ein Stück Boden. Darauf sitzt ein ein unbekleideter Putto, der in seiner Rechten einen Vogel und in seiner Linken einen Apfel hält, den er betrachtet.
Gegenstück zu BoR 31.
G.
Bronze.
H. 45 cm
Br. 27,2 cm
T. 40 cm
Bezeichnet Signatur: Pigalle F. 1748.
Zugangstag, In Paris: übernommen von der Botschaft. |
| Literature: |
Vgl. French painting and sculpture of the XVIII century. Exhibition ...1935, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Abb. S. 75. Aus dem Besitz von ... Alexander Hamilton Rice [Drice] |
| 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 item was transferred from the German Embassy in Paris to the Jeu de Paume between 17 and 19 December 1940.. After this item was restituted to Alexandrine de Rothschild, she returned it to the French government because it did not belong to her. It was restituted in 2000 after having been placed in the MNR category by French officials. Its pendant is BoR 31. It had been listed as RFR 64 in French museum inventories. |
| Archival Sources: |
RG 260 M1943 Reel 2 NARA; Bundesarchiv, B323/293, B323/294; RV 7, MAEE, Paris, France |
| Measurements: |
45 cm x 27,2 cm x 40 cm |
| Signed? |
Yes |
| Transfer place: |
German Embassy, Paris |
| Transfer date: |
1940-08-00 |
| Transfer place: |
Louvre |
| Transfer place: |
Jeu de Paume |
| Transfer date: |
1940-12-17 |
| Transfer place: |
Lager Peter |
| Munich No.: |
140/2 |
| Repatriated to France? |
Yes |
| Repatriation date: |
1946-07-11 |
| Restituted? |
Yes |
| Restitution date: |
2000-10-11 |
| Images: |
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