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The Reader / Le Liseur
Lost Art-ID
586902
Artist / Creator
Meissonier, Jean Louis Ernest
Birth
1815.02.21, Lyon
Death
1891.01.31, Paris
Title
The Reader / Le Liseur
Dating
1884
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Gouache / painted ; painted (grisaille)
Height
22.00 cm
Width
17.00 cm
Description
signed and monogrammed on the left;
man reading in an armchair in front of a curtain, one hand on his knee, the arm on the arm rest, behind him a chest of drawers with books and art objects
Provenance
[...]; Alexandre Dumas; Vente Dumas, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 12-13 May 1892, lot 189; acquired there by Henry and Marguerite Deutsch de la Meurthe, Paris; 1940-1944 probably looted by the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg or in the context of the “M-Aktion” in Paris; current whereabouts unknown
Literature / Source
Catalogue des tableaux anciens et modernes [...] formant la collection de M. Alexandre Dumas, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 12-13 May 1892, lot 189. (Brill Art Sales Catalogues online – RKD scan: acquisition by Deutsch); Ministères des Affaires étrangères, Archives diplomatiques, La Courneuve, 209SUP/633
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Contact
Please contact the German Lost Art Foundation.
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