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.: Kisten Nr. B 115-132
Artist:
Medium: Decorative Arts
Title: 18 caisses
Description: Faience
porcelaine
verreries anciennes sans inventaire
Literature:
Provenance and Comments: These eighteen crates were at the German Embassy and we presume that they were transferred to the Jeu de Paume in 1941.
Archival Sources: RV 103, MAEE, Paris, France
Transfer place: German Embassy, Paris
Transfer place: Jeu de Paume
Transfer date: 1941-00-00
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