Owner: Raymond Lazard — Paris, 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 166
Aus Kiste Nr. B 144
I, 4
Artist: 2. H. 18. Jh., Französisch
Medium: Works on Paper
Title: Der Tempel von Pozzuoli.
Description: Landschaft mit Ruinen und genrehafter Staffage.
Aufgeklebter Zettel: 2me vue de l'Entrée du temple de Sérapis à Pouzzolle.
G.
Rötel
35,5 x 48 cm
Gerahmt Fassung: Goldrahmen
Zugangstag, In Paris: übernommen von der Botschaft.
Literature: Aus Besitz Raymond Lazard.
Provenance and Comments: According to French restitution records, Maurice de Rothschild recovered this item referred to as a "sanguine" but bearing the number BoR 166.
Archival Sources: RG 260 M1943 Reel 2 NARA; Bundesarchiv, B323/294, B323/304; RA 620, RV 103, MAEE, Paris, France
Measurements: 35,5 x 48 cm
Framed? Yes
Intake place: German Embassy, Paris
Transfer place: Jeu de Paume
Transfer date: 1941-05-02
Transfer place: Lager Peter
Transfer date: 1944-10-27
Munich No.: 356/9
Repatriated to France? Yes
Repatriation date: 1946-06-25
Restituted? Yes
Restitution date: 1950-11-22
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