Design for a fan with three scenes from the Nathaniel de Rothschild palace in Vienna
1881
Medium/TechniquePen and black ink and wash with white opaque watercolor
DimensionsOverall: 31 x 55 cm (12 3/16 x 21 5/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of the heirs of Bettina Looram de Rothschild
Accession number2015.53
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Provenance1881, probably commissioned by Nathaniel von Rothschild (b. 1836 - d. 1905), Vienna; by descent to his nephew, Alphonse de Rothschild (b. 1878 - d. 1942) and Clarice de Rothschild (b. 1894 - d. 1967), Vienna [see note 1]; by descent to their 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 Nazi forces. The precise fate of this drawing during the Nazi era is not known, but it was in the possession of Clarice de Rothschild again following World War II.
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 Nazi forces. The precise fate of this drawing during the Nazi era is not known, but it was in the possession of Clarice de Rothschild again following World War II.
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