Federico Gentili Di Giuseppe (Q11921706)

Federico Gentili di Giuseppe, 22 Avenue Foch; (+) sale, Hôtel Drouot, 23-4 April 1941, lot 71 (284,000 FF).with Galerie Cailleux, Paris.Purchased by the Gemäldelgalerie, Berlin in 1979, Inv. no. 3/79. (English)

Adoration of the Magi

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https://collections.mfa.org/objects/35361/adoration-of-the-magi

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Until 1940, Federico Gentili di Giuseppe (b. 1868 - d. 1940), Paris; April 23-24, 1941, sold under the order of a Nazi-occupied court, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, lot 24 [see note 1], along with Mr. Gentili di Giuseppe's estate [see note 2]. 1941 until 1990, private collection, France (?); June 15, 1990, anonymous sale, Christie's, Monaco, lot 26 [see note 3], to Thomas Agnew & Sons, Ltd., London; 1992, sold by Agnew to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 22, 1992) (English)

Saint Bartholomew

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https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/collections/provenance-research

stated in

Art Museum reaches agreement on painting sold during World War II era

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https://www.princeton.edu/news/2001/06/13/art-museum-reaches-agreement-painting-sold-during-world-war-ii-era

Avenue of Poplars near Moret-sur-Loing

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https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2011/important-old-master-and-19th-century-paintings-from-the-collection-of-j-e-safra-n08759/lot.32.html

significant event

Nazi plunder

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claim for restitution of an artwork

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stated in

Five Italian Paintings – Gentili di Giuseppe Heirs v. Musée du Louvre and France

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https://plone.unige.ch/art-adr/cases-affaires/buste-d2019un-jeune-garcon-2013-heritiers-gentili-di-giuseppe-et-art-institute-de-chicago

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https://plone.unige.ch/art-adr/cases-affaires/christ-carrying-the-cross-dragged-by-a-rascal-2013-united-states-v-painting

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https://plone.unige.ch/art-adr/cases-affaires/adoration-of-the-magi-2013-gentili-di-giuseppe-heirs-and-museum-of-fine-arts-boston

restitution of Nazi-looted art

point in time

1999

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https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/108G18

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https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2011/important-old-master-and-19th-century-paintings-from-the-collection-of-j-e-safra-n08759/lot.32.html

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Alessandro Magnasco, called il LissandrinoCardplayers by a Fireoil on canvas23 1/4 x 17 1/3 inches Provenance Benno Geiger, Venice, 1914; Frederico Gentili di Giuseppe (1868-1940), Paris; Forced sale of his deceased estate, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 23-24 April 1941, lot 53, for 20,000 FRF;Private Collection Milan, by 1949;On deposit in the Musée du Louvre, Paris, 1950-1999;Restituted to the heirs of Frederico Gentili di Giuseppe;By whom sold ("The Collection of Federico Gentili di Giuseppe"), New York, Christie's, 27 January 2000, lot 83;There purchased by the present collector. (English)

settlement

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https://collections.mfa.org/objects/35361/adoration-of-the-magi

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In 1997, Mr. Gentili di Giuseppe's heirs brought legal action against the Musée du Louvre and the State of France to have the April 1941 sale declared null and void. On June 2, 1999, the Court of Appeals of Paris nullified the sale, determining that Mr. Gentili di Giuseppe's family had been prevented from attending to the administration of the estate. Five paintings held by the Louvre were subsequently returned to the family. By February 1999 the heirs had begun pursuing individual claims regarding the other paintings in the 1941 auction and contacted the MFA about the Adoration of the Magi at that time. Because the MFA had purchased the painting before any claims were registered with the French government, the heirs affirmed that the Museum acquired the work in good faith, without knowledge that the 1941 sale was suspect. The MFA and the heirs agreed upon a part purchase / part donation settlement, through which the painting remains in the collection of the MFA. (English)

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Museum of Fine Arts Boston

retrieved

23 June 2024

depicted by

Ghosts of the Past Haunt a London Dealer

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https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/08/style/IHT-ghosts-of-the-past-haunt-a-london-dealer.html