Clarice de Rothschild
Philip de László
(Hungarian, 1869–1937)
1925
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions109.2 x 87.6 cm (43 x 34 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of the heirs of Bettina Looram de Rothschild
Accession number2015.110
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Provenance1925, commissioned by Alphonse de Rothschild (b. 1878 - d. 1942) and Clarice de Rothschild (b. 1894 - d. 1967), Vienna; 1939, given for safekeeping to Albrecht Alberti, Vienna, and in 1946, returned by him to Clarice de Rothschild [see note 1]; by descent to her daughter, Bettina Looram de Rothschild (b. 1924 - d. 2012); about 1990/1992, given by Bettina Looram de Rothschild to members of her family; 2015, gift of the heirs of Bettina Looram de Rothschild to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 25, 2015)
NOTES:
[1] With the Anschluss, or annexation of Austria to Nazi Germany in March, 1938, the possessions of Alphonse and Clarice de Rothschild were seized and expropriated almost immediately by National Socialist forces. This painting, however, was not looted with the rest of the collection. It was given over to attorney Albrecht Alberti for safekeeping and was returned after World War II. Felicitas Kunth, Die Rothschild'schen Gemäldesammlung in Wien (Vienna, Böhlau, 2006), p. 274; confirmed by a document from the Bundesdenkmalamt, Vienna dating October 23, 1947, kindly supplied by Martijn Le Coultre.
NOTES:
[1] With the Anschluss, or annexation of Austria to Nazi Germany in March, 1938, the possessions of Alphonse and Clarice de Rothschild were seized and expropriated almost immediately by National Socialist forces. This painting, however, was not looted with the rest of the collection. It was given over to attorney Albrecht Alberti for safekeeping and was returned after World War II. Felicitas Kunth, Die Rothschild'schen Gemäldesammlung in Wien (Vienna, Böhlau, 2006), p. 274; confirmed by a document from the Bundesdenkmalamt, Vienna dating October 23, 1947, kindly supplied by Martijn Le Coultre.
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