Owner: Maurice de Rothschild — 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 194
AUS KISTE NR.
Bor 147
I, 4
B.R.186
Artist: 1773, Huet, [...] Jean Baptiste (geb. 1745 in Paris, gest. 1811 ebenda)
Medium: Works on Paper
Title: Liegende Schafe über die von rechts her her ein Baumstumpf mit dürren Zweigen ragt. [Drei Schafe]
Description: Gegenstück zu BoR 195.
Zarte bräunliche und blaugraue Töne mit Deckweiß modelliert.
Slg.Maurice Rothschild.
G.
Aquarell
9,5 x 12 cm
Gerahmt Fassung: Goldrahmen im Stil des 18.Jh.
Bezeichnet Signatur: unten links durch Namenszug und Jahreszahl 1773
Zugangstag, in Paris: übernommen von der Botschaft.
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Provenance and Comments: This item went from the German Embassy to the Jeu de Paume in mid-December 1940.
Archival Sources: RG 260 M1943 Reel 2 NARA; Bundesarchiv, B323/293, B323/294; RV 103, MAEE, Paris, France
Measurements: 9,5 x 12 cm
Framed? Yes
Signed? Yes
Intake place: German Embassy, Paris
Transfer place: Jeu de Paume
Transfer date: 1940-12-19
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