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Apostle’s Head
Lost Art-ID
614687
Artist / Creator
Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre
Birth
1824.12.14, Lyon
Death
1898.10.24, Paris
Place of activity
Le Brouchy (Lons-le-Saunier)
Title
Apostle’s Head
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Pencil / drawn
Description
Unsigned
Provenance
Dr. Bertalan Neményi, Budapest; offered for the 1933 French drawing exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, not exhibited; 1945, Missing from the deposit at Commercial Bank, Budapest; whereabouts unknown
It is unknown whether the loss during the Nazi persecution was caused by the German army, by the Soviet army, or by others.
Literature / Source
László Mravik: „Sacco di Budapest” and Depredation of Hungary 1938–1949. Magyar Nemzet Galéria, Budapest, 1998. No. 26264; Sándor Juhász: Addition to Bertalan Neményi's fine art collection, Művészettörténeti Értesítő, VI. 2017, Vol. 66. Issue 1, pp 135-159, 12.1; Registration files of the ministerial commissioner for artworks looted from public and private art collections, 1946–1948, No. 4091; Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Archives, 396/1933. (Sándor Juhász)
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