Owner: Arthur Weil-Picard — Paris, France
Collection: (WP) Weil-Picard
Inventory No.: W.-P. 49
Kiste Nr. WP 9
Artist: 1777, Pajou
Medium: Sculpture
Title: Büste einer jungen Frau [Marie-Louise Albertine Martin]
Description: Das Haar ist hochgekämmt, nach hinten in Spirallocken um den Hals fallend. Das Gewand, das die Schulteransätze freilässt, wird über der linken Brust durch ein Band gehalten.

AGF.Dr.Ku./Dr.Sch./Dr.Je./Dr.W.

Terrakotta
H. mit Sockel 57,8 cm
(Sockel 11 cm)

sign. u. dat.: Pajou sculp. Reg. (?) faciebet 1777

Im Reich: Jan. 41 - März 43
Literature: A photo reproduction of this work confirms the match with WP 49. It appears in "Augustin Pajou, Royal sculptor, 1730-1809," by James David Draper, fig. 235, page 387.
Provenance and Comments: This terracotta by Pajou was removed on 5 November 1940 from the Banque de France. French restitution records mis-label this work by Pajou as WP 5 in Kiste Nr. WP 1.
Archival Sources: RG 260 M1943 Reel 27 NARA; Bundesarchiv, B323/260, B323/291; RV 103, MAEE, Paris, France
Measurements: 57,8 cm; 11 cm
Signed? Yes
Intake place: Vault 63, Banque de France, Paris
Transfer place: DSK
Transfer date: 1940-10-29
Transfer place: Jeu de Paume
Transfer place: Louvre
Transfer place: Neuschwanstein
Repatriated to France? Yes
Repatriation date: 1945-11-17
Restituted? Yes
Restitution date: 1946-04-16
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