Owner: Hermann Hamburger — Chase Bank, Paris, France
Collection: (Ham) Hermann Jean Isaak Hamburger (Hamburger, Inc.)-The headquarters of the Hamburger company were located on Heerengracht 551, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Much of their personal property, especially objects of artistic value, had been deposited at the Chase Safe Deposit Bank on rue Cambon in Paris.
Inventory No.: Ham 1
2
3
4
(1-43)
Artist: Niederländisch (Art des Grimmer), 17.Jh.
Medium: Paintings
Title: Die vier Jahreszeiten (Vier Bilder)
Description: Wa.
Öl auf Holz
27 x 36 cm etwa
VERBLEIB: H.G.
Literature: According to the French inventory of Hermann Hamburger's missing paintings, these four pictures are attributed to Breughel.
Provenance and Comments: Part of an exchange on 9 February 1944 for a Vermeer painting owned by Goudstikker. Placed in a bank vault in Berlin.
Archival Sources: RG 260 M1943 Reel 8 NARA; Bundesarchiv, B323/272; RA 601, MAEE, Paris, France
Measurements: 27 x 36 cm
Intake place: Chase Safe Deposit Company, Paris
Intake date: 1941-02-17
Transfer place: Jeu de Paume
Transfer date: 1941-05-05
Transfer place: H G.
Restituted? Yes
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