Erwerbungen des regional- und landesgeschichtlichen Bomann-Museums Celle auf dem französischen Kunstmarkt = Acquisitions of the Bomann Museum of regional history Celle on the French art market
cquisitions of the Bomann Museum of regional history Celle on the French art market In 1941 and 1944 the Bomann Museum in Celle acquired works of art from France, by both direct and indirect means. In 1941 the Museum purchased a portrait of the Duchess Eléonore d’Olbreuse (1639-1722) from her descen...
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | cquisitions of the Bomann Museum of regional history Celle on the French art market In 1941 and 1944 the Bomann Museum in Celle acquired works of art from France, by both direct and indirect means. In 1941 the Museum purchased a portrait of the Duchess Eléonore d’Olbreuse (1639-1722) from her descendants. Eléonore d’Olbreuse came from a French noble family and was the wife of the last duke who resided in Celle, George William (1624-1705). The purchase negotiations which began in 1938 failed, due to the asking price being too high. Following the German occupation of France the negotiations resumed and were successfully concluded in 1941. The archive protection officer Georg Schnath (1898-1989) from Hanover acted as an intermediary. Apart from this portrait the museum in Celle also wished to acquire a drawing of Duke Ernest the Confessor (1497-1546) from a series of portraits of German princes by Cranach, located in the museum of Reims. However this initiative failed as Otto Kümmel (1874-1952) refused to split up the series in case it would be confiscated and separate negotiations could not be conducted. In 1944 two Dutch old master paintings found their way to Celle indirectly. They had been acquired from the art dealer Hans W. Lange (1904-1945) in Berlin who had bought them from Cornelius Postma in Paris only a few weeks prior to the liberation. One of these paintings, attributed to Jan van Kessel, came from a collection which Postma had received as a reward for his participation in the confiscation of the noted collection of Adolphe Schloss (1842-1910). However as the artist attribution had changed it could not be identified after the war. The portrait of the Duchess Eléonore d’Olbreuse, however, could be identified and was restituted to France in 1947. An objection by the Municipality of Celle saw the portrait successfully reclaimed in 1954. In this particular case, the fact that the purchase negotiations had begun prior to 1940 proved to be decisive. |
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| Beschreibung: | Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 978-3-11-073760-8 |