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 161
Kiste Nr. München Fuhrerbau 14
Artist: 1653, Caspar [Gaspard] Netscher
Medium: Paintings
Title: Portrait de famille
Description: 42 x 54 cm

Signé en toutes lettres

daté de 1653
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Provenance and Comments: Supplemental information provided by the French Ministry of Culture. According to French sources, this painting by Netscher was sold at Sotheby's London on 12 December 1979 as Lot 87. It was sold as "A family group." The ownership rights of the Netscher painting were recently settled between the Schloss family and the current possessor.
Archival Sources: Bundesarchiv, B323/1040; RV 103, MAEE, Paris, France
Measurements: 42 x 54 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
Transfer place: Sotheby's London
Transfer date: 1979-12-12
Restituted? Yes
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