Owner: Madame May de Bauer — Bruxelles, Belgique
Collection: (BN-Bruxelles) BN [Belgien und Nordfrankreich]--All items confiscated under the BN label were removed from the Brussels region. The ERR, the Brüsseler Treuhandgesellschaft (Belgium) and associated agencies performed these confiscations. An unknown number of objects remained at ERR Headquarters in Brussels while the remainder was transferred to the Jeu de Paume in Paris.
Inventory No.: BN 53
Belg-MA-B 2
Kiste Nr. MA-B 79
Artist: 1889, Fernand Khnopff (1858-?)
Medium: Paintings
Title: Mädchenbildnis.
Description: Öl auf Holz
Vor einem blauen Vorhang ein schwarz gekleidetes Mädchen mit zurückgebundenen Haar im Profil.
AGB/Dr. Es.
Öl auf Holz
50 x 32,5 cm
Bezeichnet Signatur: Sign. unten links
Zugangstag: In Paris: 20.9.43
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Provenance and Comments: There is a slight possibility that this painting by Khnoppff is identical to Belg MA-B 2, and, hence, was carded twice at the Jeu de Paume. BN 53 was processed on September 20, 1943, with a description provided by an ERR official in Brussels. Belg MA-B 2 was processed in Paris on January 31, 1944, by the ERR team at the Jeu de Paume. Could it be that this is simply a case of bureaucratic bungling?
Archival Sources: RG 260 M1943 Reel 1 NARA; Bundesarchiv, B323/312; www.dhm.de
Measurements: 50 x 32,5 cm
Signed? Yes
Intake place: 39, rue de Florence, Brussels, Belgium
Transfer place: Brüsseler Treuhandgesellschaft, SPRL, Brussels
Transfer place: Jeu de Paume
Transfer place: Kogl
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