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 101
Kiste Nr. München Fuhrerbau 4
Artist: Arnold Houbraken
Medium: Paintings
Title: Bapteme du centurion Corneille
Description: 40 x 33 cm

Signé en bas à droite A. Houbraken
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Provenance and Comments: Supplemental information about this painting was provided by the French Ministry of Culture. This painting by Arnold Houbraken was sold at an auction run by Uppsala Auktionskammare in Uppsala, Sweden, on 5 June 2007 as Lot 74. The title given to the work at the auction was "Saint John the Baptist." It sold for 2765 euros.
Archival Sources: Bundesarchiv, B323/1039; RV 103, MAEE, Paris, France
Measurements: 40 x 33 cm
Signed? Yes
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
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