Kunst und Kulturgeschichtliche Denkmale des Germanischen National-Museums. Eine Sammlung Von Abbildungen Hervorragender Werke Aus Sämmtlichen Gebieten der Kultur Zusammengestellt, etc.
August von Essenwein
(German, 1831–1892)
1877
Medium/TechniqueIllustrated book
DimensionsOverall: 34.7 x 26.4 x 2.7 cm (13 11/16 x 10 3/8 x 1 1/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of the heirs of Bettina Looram de Rothschild
Accession number2015.81
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ProvenanceNathaniel von Rothschild (b. 1836 - d. 1905), Vienna [see note 1]; by descent to his nephew, Alphonse de Rothschild (b. 1878 – d. 1942) and Clarice de Rothschild (b. 1894 – d. 1967), Vienna; 1938, confiscated from Alphonse and Clarice de Rothschild by Nazi forces and taken to the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna; 1948, removed from the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek and returned to Clarice de Rothschild, New York [see note 2]; 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] Inventar über die in den Nathaniel Freiherr von Rothschild'schen Nachlass gehörigen, in dem Palais in Wien, IV. Bezirk, Theresianumgasse Nr. 14 befindliche Kunstgegenstände und Einrichtungsstücke (Vienna, 1906), p. 473, no. 247.
[2] 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 contents of their library were taken directly to the Nationalbibliothek, or National Library. This book appears in a 1948 list of books returned from the library to Clarice de Rothschild, kindly provided by Margot Werner of the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek.
NOTES:
[1] Inventar über die in den Nathaniel Freiherr von Rothschild'schen Nachlass gehörigen, in dem Palais in Wien, IV. Bezirk, Theresianumgasse Nr. 14 befindliche Kunstgegenstände und Einrichtungsstücke (Vienna, 1906), p. 473, no. 247.
[2] 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 contents of their library were taken directly to the Nationalbibliothek, or National Library. This book appears in a 1948 list of books returned from the library to Clarice de Rothschild, kindly provided by Margot Werner of the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek.
