| Owner: | Maurice de Rothschild — Chateau d'Armainvilliers, 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 62 II, 2,3 Kiste Nr. B 49 2 |
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| Artist: | Pieter Wouvermann [Wouwerman], geb. 1623 in Italien, gest. in Amsterdam | ||||||||
| Medium: | Paintings | ||||||||
| Title: | Lot verläßt mit seinen Töchtern Sodom. | ||||||||
| Description: | Aufbewahrungsort: Peter Lot verläßt mit seinen Töchtern Sodom. Im Hintergrund links die Salzsäule. Auf Eichenholz parkettiert. Monogr. unten rechts: P.W. a . d. Smlg. Maurice Rothschild, Armainvilliers. G. Auf Eichenholz parkettiert 35,5 x 48,5 cm Gerahmt Fassung: moderner Goldrahmen Bezeichnet Signatur: Monogr. unten rechts: P.W. 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 in mid-December 1940. The frame for this painting was restituted to Maurice de Rothschild on 17 May 1946. | ||||||||
| Archival Sources: | RG 260 M1943 Reel 2 NARA; Bundesarchiv, B323/293, B323/294; RA 620, RV 103, MAEE, Paris, France | ||||||||
| Measurements: | 35,5 x 48,5 cm | ||||||||
| Framed? | Yes | ||||||||
| Signed? | Yes | ||||||||
| Intake place: | Chateau d'Armainvilliers | ||||||||
| Transfer place: | German Embassy, Paris | ||||||||
| Transfer place: | Louvre | ||||||||
| Transfer place: | Jeu de Paume | ||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1940-12-19 | ||||||||
| Transfer place: | Fuhrerbau/Munich | ||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1944-02-00 | ||||||||
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