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The Apotheosis of Aeneas
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Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Le Brun Paris 1809. Possibly de Beuronville Paris. Charles Fairfax Murray London by 1909. [1] Marczell von Nemes Budapest and Munich sold [through his sale Mensing & Sons Paul Cassirer and Hugo Helbing June 16 1931 lot no. 40]. [Jacques Goudstikker Amsterdam]. [2] Baron Mór Lipót Herzog (Moritz L. Herzog) Budapest by descent; to his wife Johanna Herzog de Csete Budapest 1934 by descent; to their children (probably his son István Herzog Budapest) 1940 confiscated and transferred; to Germany circa 1944-1945 [3] returned; to Hungary 1946 returned; to Mme István Herzog (née Ilona Kiss) via Dr. Emil Oppler a family friend and lawyer. [4] [Julius Weitzner New York] sold; to Fogg Art Museum 1949
Notes
[1] Photographed by Braun & Co. 1909
[2] Red wax seal on verso identified as that of Goudstikker. See “Giambattista Tiepolo: Master of the Oil Sketch” (1993).
[3] The Baron Herzog collection was confiscated before 1944.
[4] See “The ‘Sacco di Budapest:’ Depredation of Hungary 1938-1949” (1998).
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Allston Burr Bequest Fund
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