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Owner: Mme. Pierre Levy — La Bourboule, 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 87
II, 1,2
Kiste Nr. B 49
MD 3
Artist: Sir Henry Raeburn, geb. 1756 in Stockbridge, gest. 1823 in Edinburgh.
Medium: Works on Paper
Title: Brustbild der Mrs. J. Patterson.
Description: Nach rechts gewendet, den Beschauer anblickend. Der weite Brustausschnitt des grauen Kleides wird von einem weissen Schleier bedeckt. Im Haar ein blaues Band.

G.
Gegenstück zu BoR 86.
Pastell hochoval
27 x 21 cm gerahmt
Zugangstag, In Paris: übernommen von der Botschaft.
Literature: Aus der Slg. Maurice Dreyfus. Auf der Rückseite ein alter Zettel: Exposition des Pastellistes anglaises du 18e siècle, Paris 1911, Nr. 62. Abb. Les Arts 1911 H. 117, S. 31 (Besitz M. Glen).
Provenance and Comments: This item was packed in a crate at the German Embassy, then transferred to the Louvre from where it was taken to the Jeu de Paume in mid-December 1940. This painting, although stolen at the home of Maurice Dreyfus, actually belonged to his sister, Mrs. Pierre Levy. It had been presumably sold at a public auction in Berlin in 1941.
Archival Sources: RG 260 M1943 Reel 2 NARA; Bundesarchiv, B323/293, B323/294, B323/304; RA 6, RV 103, MAEE, Paris, France
Measurements: 27 x 21 cm
Framed? Yes
Transfer place: German Embassy, Paris
Transfer date: 1940-09-00
Transfer place: Louvre
Transfer place: Jeu de Paume
Transfer date: 1940-12-19
Transfer place: Lager Peter
Transfer date: 1944-10-27
Munich No.: 761/11
Repatriated to France? Yes
Repatriation date: 1946-09-19
Restituted? Yes
Restitution date: 1947-02-27
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