Showing posts with label Mondschein. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mondschein. Show all posts

Aug 20, 2020

Nazi looted art: deception by provenance authors


The scale of deceptive practices by art market professionals concerning Holocaust-related looted art is under-appreciated.

The web of complicity is tough to break through, and it is rather depressing to even try. 

However, inspired by recent events, we will in this next series of posts, attempt to highlight of few of the tricks used by various art market actors to disguise what they clearly suspect to be illicit origins.

In this first post, we revisit the El Greco, Portrait of a Gentleman, that was part of the Julius Priester collection before the Holocaust. 

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Feb 14, 2020

Frederick Mont or Mondschein in Provenances of the Getty Provenance Index Public Collections Database

PROVENANCE Still Life with Sweetmeats, Boston MFAAnonymous collection, Spain. Anonymous dealer, Switzerland; sold by this dealer to Frederick Mont, New York; 1962, sold by Mont to the MFA for $7,000 [see note 1]. (Accession Date: February 14, 1962) 
NOTES: 
[1] In a letter to the MFA (October 26, 1962), Mont said that "the painting comes from Spain. We purchased it from an agent in Switzerland."

In a series of posts, we gather together provenances that mention the art dealer Frederick Mont or Mondschein. First up, mentions of Mont/Mondschein the provenances of the Getty Provenance Index Public Collections Database.

Dataset: Frederick Mont in Getty GPI Public Collections Provenance PUBLIC

Format: CSV

Google Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSQpCX1RzISrIHhH3dHuvEkUVP9prXbCPbSfOFhgL0L1wpwRIxYIEx7YUnuh8dpr2HRx3QPm792fzg1/pubhtml



Getty GPI Public Collections Provenance: Frederick Mont/Mondschein by Institution


InstitutionArtworks that have Frederick Mont or Mondschein in the Provenance
Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art18
Boston, MA, Museum of Fine Arts10
Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art8
Pasadena, CA, Norton Simon Museum6
Oberlin, OH, Allen Memorial Art Museum6
San Francisco, CA, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum5
Los Angeles, CA, J. Paul Getty Museum5
Saint Louis, MO, Saint Louis Art Museum4
El Paso, TX, El Paso Museum of Art4
Denver, CO, Denver Art Museum3
Seattle, WA, Seattle Art Museum2
Princeton, NJ, Art Museum, Princeton University2
New York, NY, Samuel H. Kress Foundation2
Kansas City, MO, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art2
Tucson, AZ, University of Arizona Museum of Art1
San Diego, CA, Timken Museum of Art1
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art1
New York, NY, Metropolitan Museum of Art1
New Orleans, LA, New Orleans Museum of Art1
London, England, National Gallery1
Coral Gables, FL, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami1
Allentown, PA, Allentown Art Museum1
Grand Total85



Getty GPI Public Collections Provenance: Frederick Mont/Mondschein by Artist


Artist NameArtworks with Frederick Mont or Mondschein in the Provenance
RUBENS, PETER PAUL (Flemish)5
JUAN DE FLANDES (Netherlandish)4
CRANACH, LUCAS (THE ELDER) (German)3
LORENZETTI, PIETRO (Italian)2
JORDAENS, JACOB (I) (Flemish)2
CHARDIN, JEAN BAPTISTE SIMÉON (French)2
[FRENCH - 15TH C. - 1400-1425] (French)2
ZURBARÁN, FRANCISCO DE (Spanish)1
VOUET, SIMON (French)1
VERONESE (PAOLO CALIARI) (Italian), and Assistants1
VERONESE (PAOLO CALIARI) (Italian)1
VELDE, ESAIAS VAN DE (I) (Dutch)1
VELÁZQUEZ, DIEGO RODRÍGUEZ DE SILVA Y (Spanish), manner1
VALDÉS LEAL, JUAN DE (Spanish)1
TIZIANO VECELLIO (Italian), attributed1
TINTORETTO, JACOPO (JACOPO ROBUSTI) (Italian)1
SUSI, LODEWIK (Flemish)1
STROZZI, BERNARDO (Italian)1
STEEN, JAN (Dutch)1
SNYDERS, FRANS (Flemish)1
SIMONE DEL TINTORE (Italian)1
SCHIAVONE (ANDREA MELDOLLA) (Italian)1
SAVOLDO, GIOVANNI GIROLAMO (Italian)1
SAENREDAM, PIETER JANSZ. (Dutch)1
RUISDAEL, JACOB VAN (Dutch)1
RUBENS, PETER PAUL (Flemish), after1
RICCI, SEBASTIANO (Italian)1
RIBERA, JUSEPE DE (LO SPAGNOLETTO) (Spanish), circle1
PUCCINELLI, ANGELO (Italian)1
POUSSIN, NICOLAS (French)1
PIETRO DA CORTONA (Italian), attributed1
PELLEGRINI, GIOVANNI ANTONIO (Italian)1
PATINIR, JOACHIM (Netherlandish), follower1
OS, JAN VAN (Dutch)1
NICOLAS D'YPRES (LE PICARD) (French)1
NICCOLÒ DI BUONACCORSO (Italian)1
MURILLO, BARTOLOMÉ ESTEBAN (Spanish)1
MORAZZONE (PIER FRANCESCO MAZZUCCHELLI) (Italian)1
MOMPER, JOOS DE (II) (Flemish)1
MASTER OF THE BRAUNSCHWEIG DIPTYCH (Netherlandish), circle1
MARESCALCHI, PIETRO (LO SPADA) (Italian)1
LUCAS VAN LEYDEN (Netherlandish), after1
LIPPI, FILIPPINO (Italian)1
LASTMAN, PIETER PIETERSZ. (Dutch)1
JORDAENS, JACOB (I) (Flemish), attributed1
HOOCH, PIETER DE (Dutch)1
HEEMSKERCK, MAERTEN VAN (Netherlandish)1
HAMEN Y LÉON, JUAN VAN DER (Spanish)1
HALS, FRANS (I) (Dutch), imitator1
GUARDI, FRANCESCO (Italian)1
GRECO, EL (DOMENICO THEOTOCOPULI) (Greek and Spanish)1
GIOVANNI DI PAOLO DI GRAZIA (Italian)1
GIORDANO, LUCA (Italian)1
GHERARDI, FILIPPO (SANCASCIANI) (Italian), and Coli, Giovanni; COLI, GIOVANNI (Italian), and Gherardi, Filippo (Sancasciani)1
FRANCIA, FRANCESCO (FRANCESCO RAIBOLINI) (Italian)1
ESSELENS, JACOB (Dutch)1
DYCK, ANTHONIE VAN (Flemish)1
DÜRER, ALBRECHT (German)1
DRÖLLING, LOUISE ADÉONE (French)1
DIEPENBEECK, ABRAHAM JANSZ. VAN (Flemish)1
DADDI, BERNARDO (Italian)1
CLAUDE LORRAIN (CLAUDE GELLÉE) (French)1
BUGIARDINI, GIULIANO (Italian)1
BRUGGHEN, HENDRICK TER (Dutch)1
BRUEGHEL, JAN (THE ELDER) (Flemish)1
BOSCOLI, ANDREA (Italian)1
BASSANO, JACOPO (JACOPO DA PONTE) (Italian)1
AMBERGER, CHRISTOPH (German)1
[ITALIAN - NEAPOLITAN - 17TH C. - 1625-1650] (Italian)1
[GERMAN - FRANCONIAN - 15TH C. - 1425-1475] (German)1
[FRENCH - 16TH C. - 1500-1550] (French)1
[AUSTRIAN - 15TH C. - 1475-1500] (Austrian)1
Grand Total85



For more information about art dealer Frederick Mont (Mondschein), see:

Frederick Mont in artworks listed by the National Gallery of Art on the Nazi Era Provenance Internet Portal

Fritz Mont, Frederick Mondschein and Galerie Sanct Lucas: 

What does it mean to find the names Fritz Mont, Fritz Mondschein, Frederick Mondschein or Frederick Mont in the provenance of an artwork?



Art Dealers in Provenance: Frederick Mont at the Toledo Museum of Art and LACMA




Provenance gaps in artworks: examples from DIA