| Owner: |
Consorts Schloss — Paris, France |
| Collection: |
(Schloss) Adolphe Schloss-The Schloss collection was assembled with great care by Adolphe Schloss, a German Jew who settled in Paris in the late 19th century. In August 1939, the collection was transferred to a vault at the Chateau de Chambon (Corrèze) for safekeeping. On April 16, 1943, a combination of Nazi policemen and French officials from the CGQJ worked together to confiscate the Schloss collection and transfer it to Paris for processing. There, the collection was split into three parts--the largest going to the Linz Museum project. That part of the collection (262 paintings) was transferred to the Führerbau (Munich) on 24 November 1943 where it remained untouched until 29-30 April 1945 when local Munich citizens broke into the building housing the collection and hundreds of other works and stole everything. Nearly half of the Schloss paintings are still unrestituted. |
| Inventory No.: |
Schloss 128
Kiste Nr. München Fuhrerbau 4 |
| Artist: |
Attribué à Gabriel Metsu |
| Medium: |
Paintings |
| Title: |
Portrait de femme au livre |
| Description: |
47,5 x 39 cm |
| Literature: |
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| Provenance and Comments: |
Supplemental information about this painting was provided by the French Ministry of Culture. According to the French authorities, this painting, attributed to Gabriel Metsu, was sold to Buittenweg after 1943. However, the material evidence contradicts that assertion as this painting was transferred from the Jeu de Paume to the Führerbau after having been sold to the Linz Museum project. |
| Archival Sources: |
Bundesarchiv, B323/1040; RV 103, MAEE, Paris, France |
| Measurements: |
47,5 x 39 cm |
| Intake place: |
38 avenue Henri Martin, Paris |
| Transfer place: |
Chateau de Chambon, Laguenne, Corrèze |
| Transfer date: |
1939-08-20 |
| Transfer place: |
Banque Dreyfus, Paris, France |
| Transfer date: |
1943-08-11 |
| Transfer place: |
Jeu de Paume |
| Transfer date: |
1943-11-03 |
| Transfer place: |
Führerbau, Munich |
| Transfer date: |
1943-11-24 |
| Restituted? |
No |
| Images: |
Bundesarchiv B323-1040-fol.001ir#Schloss128.jpg
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| Bundesarchiv |
Bundesarchiv B323-1040-fol.001ir#Schloss128.jpg
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