(Q19753824)

Berlin art historian of Dutch Baroque painting. Plietzsch was trained by Wilhelm von Bode (q.v.), director general for all Prussian museums. During the Second World War, Plietzsch assisted the art history-turned-Nazi-art-dealer Kajetan Mühlmann (q.v.) in expertising works of looted art to be sent to the Fuhrermuseum and the art collection of Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring (1893-1946) . (English)

art dealer

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stated in

Selected Dealer Archives & Locations

reference URL

http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/guides_bibliographies/provenance/dealer_archives.html

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Galerie Van Diemen, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Amsterdam, New YorkDr. Eduard Plietzsch (1886–1961) and Kurt Benedikt, were co-directors of the Berlin gallery, establishing a branch in the Hague in about 1920 and Amsterdam and New York about 10 years later. The Berlin gallery was liquidated through two sales held by Graupe on Jan. 25 and April 26, 1935. (English)

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director and co-owner of Galerie van Diemen & Co, Berlin (English)

work location

The Hague

point in time

1910

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2 March 2018

1911

1940

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2 March 2018

1940

1945

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2 March 2018

1945

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2 March 2018

1961

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2 March 2018

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Beteiligte Privatpersonen und Körperschaften am NS-Kulturgutraub

reference URL

http://www.lostart.de/Content/051_ProvenienzRaubkunst/DE/Beteiligte/P/Plietzsch,%20Dr.%20Eduard.html

quotation

1919-35 Galerie van Diemen&Co, Berlin, zuerst angestellt, seit den zwanziger Jahren bis 1935 Leiter der fusionierten Galerie van Diemen &Co.und Dr. Benedict Co., 1935 Gesamtleitung bei der Auflösung des Berliner Kunsthandelskonzerns Margraf & Co, 1940-45 Sachverständiger und Informant der Dienststelle Mühlmann, Den Haag, Berater für niederländische und flämische Gemälde der Sammlung Hermann Göring, involviert in Beschlagnahme der Sammlung Mannheimer und Verkauf der Sammlung Mendelssohn, Einkäufer und Berater von Arthur Seyss-Inquart (1892–1946), September 1945 in der Britischen Besatzungszone inhaftiert (German)

notable work

Gallery van Diemen

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Gerard ter Borch catalogue raisonné, 1944

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member of

Dienststelle Mühlmann

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Den Haag 1910 assistent of Cornelis Hoofstede de GrootBerlijn 1911 - 1940until 1918 assistant of Wilhelm von Bode, Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum, then employed in the art tradeDen Haag 1940 - 1945 working for the Dienststelle MühlmannBerlijn 1945 (English)

stated in

ALIU Final Report

reference URL

https://www.lootedart.com/MVI3RM469661

quotation

Plietzsch, Dr Eduard. Berlin, Meineckestrasse 9. Art historian and specialist in Dutch painting. Author of a book on Vermeer. With Kieslinger, most important professional member of the Dientstelle Muehlmann in Holland. Consultant for Dutch and Flemish painting to the Goering Collection, and reported involved in the confiscation of the Mannheimer Collection and (English)

investigated by

Art Looting Investigation Unit

1 reference

stated in

ALIU Final Report

reference URL

https://www.lootedart.com/MVI3RM469661

quotation

most important professional member of the Dientstelle Muehlmann in Holland. Consultant for Dutch and Flemish painting to the Goering Collection, and reported involved in the confiscation of the Mannheimer Collection and the sale of the Mendelssohn Collection. Buyer and adviser to Seyss-Inquart. In custody in British Zone, September 1945. Believed interrogated extensively by the Dutch services. (English)

depicted by

ALIU Final Report

1 reference

reference URL

https://www.lootedart.com/MVI3RM469661

author

Art Looting Investigation Unit

quotation

Plietzsch, Dr Eduard. Berlin, Meineckestrasse 9. Art historian and specialist in Dutch painting. Author of a book on Vermeer. With Kieslinger, most important professional member of the Dientstelle Muehlmann in Holland. Consultant for Dutch and Flemish painting to the Goering Collection, and reported involved in the confiscation of the Mannheimer Collection and the sale of the Mendelssohn Collection. Buyer and adviser to Seyss-Inquart. In custody in British Zone, September 1945. Believed interrogated extensively by the Dutch services. (English)