Owner: Paul Rosenberg — Bordeaux, France
Collection: (P.R. (14 E)) Paul Rosenberg
Inventory No.: PR 56
Artist: 1856, Delacroix, Eugene; geb. 1798 in Charenton-St. Maurice, gest. 1863 in Paris
Medium: Paintings
Title: Löwe mit Schlange
Description: [Le lion et le serpent]
AGL Dr.Egg./Dr.Tom.

Öl auf Lwd. 50,5 x 61 cm
Sign. und dat. rechts unten: Eugene Delacroix 1856
VERBLEIB: Slg.H.G. 24.11.42
ZUGANGSTAG IN PARIS: 5.9.1941; Jeu de Paume
Literature: Vgl. dazi: Alfred Robaut: l'Oeuvre complex de Eugene Delacroix, Paris 1885, S. 347, Kr. 1298 Abb.
Provenance and Comments: Tausch 24. This painting is listed on the inventory of works seized at the BNCI Libourne and drawn up by Roganeau. For the exchange, on 24 November 1942 with Adolf Wüster of the German Embassy. Wendland made available a Gobelins tapestry and a painting in the genre of Cuyp. Jacques Beltrand estimated this painting at 200,000 francs on 23 November 1942. The painting somehow ended up with Martin Fabiani who sold it for two million francs to Raphael Gérard on February 5, 1943. Gérard disposed of the painting to an unknown party in August 1943. After being restituted to the Paul Rosenberg family, the Delacroix painting eventually ended up at the Museum Folkwang in Essen, Germany.
Archival Sources: RG 260 M1943 Reel 16 NARA; Bundesarchiv, B323/288, B323/293; RA 1, MAEE, Paris, France
Measurements: 50,5 x 61 cm
Signed? Yes
Intake place: BNCI Libourne
Transfer place: Jeu de Paume
Transfer date: 1941-09-06
Transfer place: Adolf Wuster for Goering and Ribbentrop
Transfer date: 1942-11-24
Transfer place: Martin Fabiani
Transfer place: Raphael Gérard
Transfer date: 1943-02-05
Transfer place: Museum Folkwang Essen, Germany
Transfer date: 1971-00-00
Repatriated to France? Yes
Restituted? Yes
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