| Owner: | Maurice de Rothschild-Depot der Botschaft rue de Lille 80 — Paris, 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 222 AUS KISTE NR. Bor 147 |
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| Artist: | 18. Jh., Frankreich | ||||||||||||
| Medium: | Sculpture | ||||||||||||
| Title: | Elfenbeinrelief. Bacchus mit musizierenden Nymphen. | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Vor Weinlaubberanktem Baumstumpf sitzt Bacchus, die linke Hand am Kinn, in der rechten die Hirtenflöte. Vor ihm ein Ziegenbock mit einem Knäblein und umgestülpten Gefäss. Vorn rechts zeigt sich eine leichtbekleidete Nymphe und schlägt eine Triangel, im Hintergrund eine zweite mit Tambourin, ausserdem zwei geflügelte Amoretten an einem Gefäss mit Traubenzweigen. Slg. Maurice Rothschild, übernommen von der Botschaft. In kastenartigem Messingrahmen mit darumgelegtem Weinlaub und Eichblattranken, oben eine Schleife, Stil Louis XVI. Elfenbein, Hohes Relief. 20 x 33 |
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| Archival Sources: | RG 260 M1943 Reel 2 NARA | ||||||||||||
| Measurements: | 20 x 33 | ||||||||||||
| Intake place: | German Embassy, Paris | ||||||||||||
| Transfer place: | Jeu de Paume | ||||||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1941-05-02 | ||||||||||||
| Munich No.: | 8014/4 | ||||||||||||
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