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 5
Artist: Französisch, 17.Jh.
Medium: Works on Paper
Title: Europa mit dem Stier und Gefolge.
Description: Wa.
Aquarell 37 x 44 cm
VERBLEIB: H.G.
Literature:
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. Transferred after the war to the CCP Berlin-Zehlendorf and repatriated to Holland.
Archival Sources: RG 260 M1943 Reel 8 NARA; Bundesarchiv, B323/272
Measurements: 37 x 44 cm
Intake place: Chase Bank, Paris
Transfer place: Jeu de Paume
Transfer date: 1941-05-05
Transfer place: Sammlung Goering
Repatriated to Holland? Yes
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