Owner: Vincent de Moro-Giafferi — Paris, France
Collection: (MG) Moro Giafferi--Youngest member of the Paris bar, Vincent de Moro-Giafferi was one of the most colorful and relentless criminal defense lawyers in inter-war Paris. He even defied Hermann Goering in his defense of those accused of having set the Reichstag fire in March 1933. Moro-Giafferi made the short list of high-priority targets once the Wehrmacht occupied Paris in June 1940. His entire Paris apartment was emptied in November 1940.
Inventory No.: MG 5
Kiste Nr. MG 3
Artist: Anf. 16.Jh., Fränkisch
Medium: Sculpture
Title: Stehende Maria mit Kind. [La Vierge aux Raisins]
Description: Holz mit Resten alter Fassung H. 99 cm.
[La Vierge tient l'enfant dans ses bras et lui présente une grappe de raisins noirs. La taille de la vierge est ceinte d'une cordelette qui descend très bas et se termine par un triangle.]
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Provenance and Comments:
Archival Sources: RG 260 M1943 Reel 16 NARA; Bundesarchiv, B323/271; RA 14, RV 103, MAEE, Paris, France
Measurements: 99 cm
Intake place: 27 avenue Kleber, Paris
Transfer place: Jeu de Paume
Transfer date: 1940-11-05
Transfer place: Neuschwanstein
Repatriated to France? Yes
Repatriation date: 1945-11-14
Restituted? Yes
Restitution date: 1946-04-25
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