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Adoration of the Magi (?)
Lost Art-ID
585697
Artist / Creator
Robert, Hubert (?)
Birth
1733.05.22, Paris
Death
1808.04.15, Paris
Place of activity
Rom; Paris
Artist / Creator
Gérard, Francois (Baron)
Birth
1770.05.04, Rom
Death
1837.01.11, Paris
Title
Adoration of the Magi (?)
Dating
1733/1837
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Oil ; Canvas / painted
Height
54.00 cm
Width
78.00 cm
Inventory number
BA 932
Description
Representing the Adoration of the Magi, a work consisting of vedute with 7 main characters. On the left Madonna sitting on a throne with a child on her lap, in front of her a royal litterer on her knees with a crown on his head.
Adoration of the Magi. In an evening mountain landscape, Mary with the infant Jesus and Joseph sit on the steps of a Roman ruin, with the three wise men and their entourage in front of them.
in the Belgian government's wanted list: „Robert, Hubert (1733 – 1808) – L’Adoration des Mages (Repr. N° 80), Toile, 54,5 x 79,5, Coll, Mme. T. Sichel, Brüssel 457 – 08 – 7"
Provenance
James and Anna Tuchler, Berlin; Johanna Thea Sichel née Tuchler, Mainz (daughter); given into safekeeping at Ulrix in the Rue van Moer in Brussels in May 1940 and collected from there on 18 June 1940 by four officers of the Devisenschutzkommando Belgium (from the Rue Guimard), one of whom was called Lubinski; after 1945 Treuhandverwaltung für Kulturgut Munich; offered at auction 450 at the auction house Leo Spik, Berlin, 28/29 November 1963, lot 35 (plate 31) "Französischer Maler, Anfang 19. Jahrhundert (Kreis des Francois Gérard)" with the title "Anbetung der Hl. Drei Könige", 2.000, - DM, number "7256"; offered at auction 453 at the auction house Leo Spik, 19/20 November 1964, lot. 61 (plate 42) "French painter, early 19th century (circle Francois Gérard)" with the title "Anbetung der Hl. Drei Könige", DM 2,000, -, number "7256"; whereabouts unknown
Literature / Source
B Rep. 025-07, Nr. 1007-08/57 (WGA); Bundesarchiv/Invenio: BArch B 323/403; BArch B 323/405; BArch B323/408; BArch B323/409; BArch B323/254;
MFA&A 184: N457 – 466 Sichel, Théa Brüssel (BArch B323/405); „Sichel, Théa Brüssel: This claim was dropped in compliance with the oral request by MFA&A OMGUS, on 28 June 1948, ordering all claims with insufficient evidence to be given inactive status” (BArch B323/408); “457-08-7 E 539/59” (BArch B323/409); „The Intelligence Department of CCP Munich contains the following Records – Claims – 2. Belgian (5 folders) 181 – 185” und “Film No. 14.33: MFA&A 184 Claims Belgium M-Z” und “MFA&A 184 N457 – N466 SIEBEL, Théa Brüssel“ (BArch B323/254);
Reg. Nr.: A 10312 (Belgium, Economic Recovery Service - DER);
The database on the unrecovered works of art looted during the Second World War in Belgium;
Leo Spik Kunstversteigerungen: Gemälde, Graphik, Möbel, Plastik, Fayence, Porzellan, Silber, Chinakunst, Schmuck, Tapisserien, Orientteppiche aus verschiedenem Besitz: Versteigerung Donnerstag, 28. November 1963, Nr. 1 – 438, Freitag, 29. November 1963, Nr. 439 – 769, Auktion 450, Berlin 1963, S. 9, Lot. 35, Tafel 31.;
Leo Spik Kunstversteigerungen: Gemälde, Graphik, Möbel, Plastik, Fayence, Porzellan, Silber, Waffen, Schmuck, ostasiatische Kunst, Orientteppiche, Tapisserien aus verschiedenem Besitz: Auktion 453, Versteigerung 19. – 20. November 1964, Berlin 1964, S. 12, Lot. 61, Tafel. 42.
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