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| The Zinckgraf name appears 55 times in the Linz (Hitler) collection database, usually with little or no information about the former owner, This portrait of a man ((Linz no 0408) by Moritz vonSchwind, was delivered to the notorious Maria Almas-Dietrich. |
1. A longtime employee of the Galerie Heinemann (whose records during the Nazi era are now online), Friedrich Heinrich Zinckgraf took over the art dealership in 1937 when it was Aryanized by the Nazis.
For more on the history of the Galerie Heinemann see Birgit Jooss "Galerie HeinemannDie wechselvolle Geschichte einer jüdischen Kunsthandlung zwischen 1872 und 1938" or Galerie Heinemann online, or Lootedart.com.
According to Kunst durch Kredit: Die Berliner Museen und ihre Erwerbungen von der Dresdner Bank 1935, Hjalmar Schacht backed Zinckgraf financially in the Aryanization acquisition of the persecuted Heinemann gallery - in which Schacht quietly acquired a stake in the profits.
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| Excerpt from Kunst durch Kredit on Hjalmar Schacht's little known role as a financial backer for Aryanisation of firms in which he then kept a financial stake. |
2. Friedrich Heinrich Zinckgraf is referenced in VIAF and Wikipedia but does not seem to appear in searches on ULAN.
Zinckgraf, Friedrich Heinrich 1878-1954 
Friedrich Heinrich Zinckgraf 
ID VIAF: 5923764 (Personne)
permalien: http://viaf.org/viaf/5923764
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| No ULAN for Friedrich Heinrich Zinckgraf (1878-1954)? (If there is an ULAN and we just missed it, please let us know in a comment and the post will be corrected) |
3. The Zinckgraf name appears 55 times in the Linz (Hitler) collection database. (see below)
Zur Fragestellung: Volltextsuche "Zinckgraf" gibt es 55 Treffer.
Results:
Angezeigte Treffer: 1 - 20Pesne, Antoine Porträt einer... | Spitzweg, Carl Picknick im Parke | Spitzweg, Carl Aufziehen der... | Schwind, Moritz Männliches Bildnis... | Voltz, Friedrich Kühe auf der... |
Lenbach, Franz Frauenbildnis | Dalling, Alexander Landschaft mit... | Velde, Willem Seestück (Ansicht... | Zügel, Heinrich Kühe auf der... | Thoma, Hans Bachlandschaft... |
Pauditz, Christopher Bildnis eines... | Lenbach, Franz Bildnis einer... | Rayski, Ferdinand Bildnis des Freiherren... | Rayski, Ferdinand Bildnis der Freifrau... | Trübner, Wilhelm Dante und Virgil... |
Ziebland, Hermann Porträt Heinrich... | Stuck, Franz Frühes Selbstporträt | Lenbach, Franz Porträt L. von... | Klerk, Willem Felsenlandschaft... | Klerk, Willem Gebirgslandschaft... |
Angezeigte Treffer: 21 - 40
Rottmann, Carl Der hohe Göll... | Lintzbauer, Carl Hochgebirgsbach | Weidner, Joseph Porträt der Schwester... | Kriehuber, Friedrich Herrenbildnis... | Zahardniczek, Dachstein und... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Steinfeld, Franz Baumlandschaft... | Wagenbauer, Max Baumlandschaft... | Makart, Hans Porträt Frau... | Eagerlin, Ferdinand Herrenbildnis... | Dujardin, Karel Plaudernde Bauern | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stahl, Friedrich Mars und Venus | Leickert, Charles Am Stadtbach,... | Eversen, Adrianus Holländisches... | Lockhorst, Dirk Rinder und Schafe... | Bochmann, Gregor Bauernfuhrwerke... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wagenbauer, Max Stier mit Hüterjungen... | Bürkel, Heinrich Parktor bei Rocca... | Achenbach, Oswald Der Nemisee bei... | Bokelmann, Christian Spielsaal in... | Michau, Theobald Flusslandschaft... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Angezeigte Treffer: 41 - 55
for more search
4. There is a Zinckgraf in the Art Looting Investigation Unit Red Flag List of Names, mentioned in connection to the Bernheimer Gallery:"Formerly bookkeeper and manager of the Bernheimer Gallery, Munich. Later became its owner. Sold to Voss for Wiesbaden." However, according to the German Lost Art Foundation (Deutsches Zentrum Kulturgutverluste) this is a mistake. Bernheimer should read Heinemann.
For more information about the Heinemann Gallery records.
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Portrait of a young man with powdered hair in red velvet skirt - PROVENANCE "1787 creation of the painting by the artist. 1998 mention of the painting "Fürst Schwarzenberg" in the collection / privately owned Blumauer (Vienna). 1940 Purchase of the painting through the Gallery Zinckgraf by the seller Otto Schatzker, Vienna. 1940 Purchase of the painting by the Chancellery of the Galerie Zinkgraf for 15000.- RM. 1945 acquisition of the painting from the former depot "Linz" München, Arcisstraße 101 in the CCP Munich. Registry under number Mü. 7593. 1962 handover in the departmental assets of the Foreign Ministry for the furnishing of the ambassador's residence in Tunis. 2014 acquisition of the painting in the Equipment Storage Berlin of Foreign Office. The provenance research is completed. There are no indications that a NS - suggest persecution-related assets loss. However, because of gaps in the provenance history due to persecution asset loss can not be completely ruled out"
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5. Many archival documents use the spelling Zinkgraf instead of Zinckgraf, so searches (for example in FOLD3 and Musée d'Orsay) should use both.
Further reading:
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| NARA M1947. Textual records created at the Wiesbaden Central Collecting Point include administrative files and monthly reports. , Art Intelligence: Zinkgraf Gallery Declaration, https://www.fold3.com/image/232018108 |
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| NARA M1947. Textual records created at the Wiesbaden Central Collecting Point include administrative files and monthly reports https://www.fold3.com/image/232018122 |
6. What role did Zinckgraf (or Zinkgraf) play in translocations and the art market, in particular the trans-Atlantic art trade?
Research is needed on this question. A few Google searches can provide useful input:
provenance zinckgraf site:*.com
provenance zinckgraf site:*.de
Art Intelligence: Zinkgraf Gallery Declaration › Page 77 - Fold3.com
https://www.fold3.com/document/232018108/
Zinckgraf Gallery to the Salamander Ag. , dated 13 January 1947 1 stating that ... Gallery in Mi&ioh froa a Viennese dealer, who did not give its provenance, but ...
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