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©TaskForceSchwabingArtTrove ObjectrecordexcerptforLostArtID:478434

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VilhelmMarstrandPortraitofLouisGurlittOiloncanvas,innerframe20cmindiameter(outerframe:29.5x29.2x4.2cm)on verso, frame, inscribed in black: upper right: “76”, lower centre: “Marstrand starb d. 25Marz1873”Provenance:

(...)Bylatest2012:CorneliusGurlitt,Munich/SalzburgFrom6May2014:EstateofCorneliusGurlitt

Bibliographicalreference:

Gurlitt,Ludwig.LouisGurlitt:EinKünstlerleben.Berlin:JuliusBard,1912.[p.290f.]LouisGurlitt: EinKünstlerleben.AltonaerMuseum fürKunstundKulturgeschichte,Hamburg,15April2012–25November2012.

Primarysources:

CorneliusGurlittPapers,Salzburg:Photographs,nos.21.1_F2105[n.d.],21.1_F2111[n.d.]SeizureInventory[Sicherstellungsverzeichnis],2012,no.SV(Part2)/060

Furthersourcesconsulted:

BusinessrecordsHildebrandGurlittCorrespondenceHildebrandGurlittCulturalPlunderbytheEinsatzstabReichsleiterRosenberg:DatabaseofArtObjectsattheJeudePaume

©TaskForceSchwabingArtTrove ObjectrecordexcerptforLostArtID:478434

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Database“CentralCollectingPointMünchen”Database“KunstsammlungHermannGöring”GettyProvenanceIndex,GermanSalesCatalogsLootedart.comLostArtRépertoiredesBiensSpoliésRijksbureauvoorKunsthistorischeDocumentatieVerzeichnisnationalwertvollerKunstwerke(“Reichslistevon1938”)WittLibrary

Note:

VilhelmMarstrand (1810–1873)andLouisGurlitt (1812–1897)bothstudiedat theRoyalDanishAcademyofFineArtsintheearly1830sandwereclosepersonalfriends.MarstrandexecutedatleastoneotherportraitofGurlitt.Twophotos foundamong thepersonalpapersofCorneliusGurlitt inSalzburg show thepicturehangingonthewalloftheGurlittfamilyresidence.In summary, it is highly unlikely that the painting is Nazi-era art. The Lost Art entry was thusdeleted.

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