(Q1441287)

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Francesco von Mendelssohn

German musician, actor, art collector, persecuted by Nazis because of Jewish heritage (1901-1972)

  • Franz von Mendelssohn
  • Francesco Otto von Mendelssohn

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Francesco von Mendelssohn (German)
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Paul Durand-Ruel (until 1891; held in escrow for the artist; sold August 25 for Fr 800 to the firm Durand-Ruel); [Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1891–1908; stock no. 1314; sold January 31 for Fr 7,000 (with "Falaises à Étretat" by Courbet) to Cassirer]; [Paul Cassirer, Berlin, 1908; sold in March to Mendelssohn]; Robert von Mendelssohn, Berlin (1908–d. 1917); by descent to his son, Francesco von Mendelssohn and/or his daughter, Eleonora von Mendelssohn, Berlin, then (from 1935) New York (by 1935–no later than May 1942); [Aram Gallery, New York, until May 8, 1942; sold for $3,000 to Rosenberg, possibly as agent for Mendelssohn]; [Paul Rosenberg, New York, 1942–44; stock no. 5181 / 298; sold November 11 to Murray]; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Murray, New York and Honolulu (1944–64) (English)
23 June 2024
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On 18 October 1945, the Portrait of Hendrickje Stoffels was transferred from the Altaussee salt mine, where it had been stored to protect it from possible war damage, to the Central Collecting Point in Munich, and was to be declared a federal asset of the BRD in 1949. On 17 December 1948, Eleonora and Francesco von Mendelssohn submitted an application for restitution of the painting to the Central Registration Office in Bad Nauheim in the Federal Republic of Germany. (English)

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Francesco von Mendelssohn (Mendelssohn) (6 Sep 1901 - 22 Sep 1972)
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