Art Market and the Holocaust: New Questions about the Miedl Looted Art Network

Alois Miedl: art looter 

Miedl's network according to the Art Looting Investigation Unit Final Report of 1946 Red Flag Names List includes a number of names that appear frequently in provenances. Every one of the names below was identified as a Red Flag Name by the ALIU.

Questions for Holocaust-era art historians: Which artworks in which collections include any of these names in their provenance?

Are there gaps in the ownership history 1933-1945?

What is the appropriate action to resolve these unclear provenances?

Hendricks	Frankfurt	Dealer who did business with Miedl
Lempertz	Cologne	Art dealer who worked with Miedl	Bornheim once worked under him
Leegenhoek, M O	Paris, 1 rue de Rennes/230 blvd Raspail	Belgian national	Prominent restorer and subsequent dealer who sold extensively to Hofer, Lohse, Wendland, Wuester, Dietrich, Haberstock, Miedl, Goepel and the great majority of important German purchasers	Formerly associated with Lagrand, and connected with van der Veken and Renders in Belgium	Believed still to be in Paris	Possibly active in Wendland’s behalf
de Boer, Pitt	Amsterdam, Heerengracht 512	Important and active dealer	President of the Dutch Dealers Association since Goudstikker’s death	Acquired Swiss as well as Dutch nationality early in the war, and visited Switzerland during the occupation	Discovered the first in the series of false Vermeers by van Meegeren	Close contact of Hofer, Muehlmann, Posse, Voss, Lohse and Miedl
Brack	Amsterdam	Dealer	Worked with Hoogendijk and Miedl
Denijs, Frl J	Amsterdam, N Spiegelstraat 32 or 29/Kaisersgracht	Member of Dutch Art Dealers syndicate (Vereeniging van Handelaron in Oudo Kunst)	Active during occupation	In contact with Hofer	Assisted Miedl in liquidation of Goudstikker firm	Worked with Jan Dik Jr
Erasmus, Dr	Hilversum Geldern bei Haarlem	German middleman/dealer, formerly in Berlin	Escaped to Holland shortly before the war	In contact with Plietzsch, Miedl, Katz, Modrczewski
Goudstikker, J (deceased)	Amsterdam, Heerengracht 458	The most prominent of the Dutch art dealers before the war	Killed while escaping from Holland by ship at the time of the German advance	His family escaped to America	His business was taken over by Alois Miedl
Hoogendijk	Amsterdam, Kaizersgracht 640/Roemorvischerstraat 34	Prominent dealer who sold to Miedl, Hofer, Posse, Muehlmann and Voss during the occupation	Close friend of Friedlander and Schneider	Contact of Nathan Katz	Goering frequently visited his shop
Katz, Nathan	The Hague, Lange Voorhuit 35 Dieren, bei Arnhem	Prominent dealer	Worked principally with Hofer, Posse and Miedl, as well as Lange, Haberstock, Boehler and other German buyers	Two brothers in the Western Hemisphere: Benjamin Katz, Hotel Dauphin, New York and Abraham Katz, 18 Pietermaai, Wilhelmstad, Curacao
Paech, Walter	Amsterdam, Rokin 57/Diepenbroekstraat 9	German dealer-artist, resident for many years in Holland	Not accepted for membership in Dutch syndicate of art dealers before the war	Close contact of Wieth, Jan Dik Jr, Hofer, Miedl, Muehlmann and Schilling	Also believed to have sold to Posse
de Wild	The Hague, Laan van Meerdeveert	Dealer-restorer	Son of a well known restorer	Worked for the Dienststelle Muehlmann	Did business with Miedl	Has a brother in the United States

Dataset : Museum of Fine Arts Boston Enhanced Provenance Research Dataset NEPIP PUBLIC

Dataset name: Museum of Fine Arts Boston Enhanced Provenance Research Dataset NEPIP PUBLIC

Description: This enhanced Provenance dataset has been constructed from  information available on the public internet site of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The dataset merges the list of artworks on the Nazi Era Provenance Internet Portal with provenance texts published on the Boston MFA detailed item pages. 

This dataset is intended to facilitate research into Holocaust-era provenance for scholars, art historians and families. 

The original and best source of information concerning provenance remains the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston public website.


Original data sources that were merged to create new dataset:

•  NEPIP Boston Museum of Fine Arts (MFA)

•  Boston Museum of Fine Arts website Provenance texts of artworks 

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5. NEPIP Provenance includes "private", "anonymous", "art market"


Publisher: OAD



Date of Publication: April 6, 2020



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Example of content: Provenance text contains word "private", "anonymous", or "art market" 

Kunsthaus Zürich, provenance includes "Koetser"

The Koetser name appears in the provenance of artworks in museums and auction houses throughout Europe and the USA.
(see Art Dealers: The Many Names of Koetser and Explorations in Digital Art History: a look at KOETSER)

In this post we look at provenances that mention "Koetser" in the Kunsthaus Zürich.

(photo: Flood with Noah's Ark, Inv Nbr KS 4)

Nazi-era Provenance Research and Restitution Status, Albertina Museum Vienna

The Kunstdatenbank provides information about Nazi-era provenance research projects in Austria.

Below is a summary of the status of provenance research for the Albertina Museum, based on the information provided in the Kunstdatenbank in December 2019:

Artist	Owners or their legal successors are sought (2705 Objects)	Questionable nature to be resolved (6353 Objects)	Restitution to owners or their legal successor has occurred (95 Objects)
Hörmann, Theodor von (1840 - 1895)		94
Gauermann, Friedrich (1807 - 1862)		77
Danhauser, Josef (1805 - 1845)		47
Boeckl, Herbert (1894-1966)		42
Schultz, Johann Karl (1801-1873)		38
Blau, Tina (1845 - 1916)		34
Goebel, Carl (1824 - 1899)		30
Alt, Franz (1821-1914)		27
Berger, Julius Victor (1850 - 1902)		19
Meid, Hans (1883-1957)		18
Stöhr, Ernst (1865 - 1917)		17
Engerth, Eduard von (1818 - 1897)		14
Anonymous		11	1
Unger, William (1837-1932)		11
Kubin, Alfred (1877 - 1959)		10
Windhager, Franz (1879 - 1959)		9
Klaus, Johann (1847-1893)		9
Eisenmenger, August (1830 - 1907)		9
Alt, Rudolf von (1812 - 1905)		7	1
Schwind, Moritz von (1804-1871)		1	6
Schönn, Alois (1826 - 1897)		7
Schnug, Leo (1878 - 1933)		7
Stuck, Franz von (1863 - 1928)		6
Schraudolph, Johann von (1808-1879)		6
Geiger, Johann Peter Nepomuk (1805 - 1880)		6
Fronius, Hans (1903 - 1988)		6
Fischer, Hans Ludwig (1891-?)		6
Zorn, Anders (1860-1920)		5
Liebenwein, Maximilian (1869 - 1926)		5
Lefler, Heinrich (1863 - 1919)		5
Kriehuber, Josef (1800 - 1876)		5
Gareis, Franz (1775 - 1803)		5
Sterrer, Karl (1885-1972)		4
Schiele, Egon (1890 - 1918)		4
Pettenkofen, August Xaver Karl von (1822-1889)	1	3
Klimt, Gustav (1862 - 1918)		4
Klemm, Walther (1883-1957)		4
Genelli, Bonaventura (1798-1868)			4
Füger, Heinrich Friedrich (1751 - 1818)		4
Fortner, Georg		4
Eissenhardt, Johannes Kaspar (1824-1896)		4
Anonymous, attributed to German artist		4
Zille, Heinrich (1858 - 1929)		3
Wawra, Josef (1893 -1935)		3
Thoma, Hans (1839-1924)		3
Steinhart, Anton (1889 - 1964)		3
Schiele, Egon (1890-1918)		3
Rops, Félicien (1833-1898)		3
Romako, Anton (1832 - 1889)		3
Neureuther, Eugen Napoleon (1806 - 1882)		3
Krauskopf, Wilhelm		3
Klieber, Joseph (1773 - 1850)		3
Haanen, Cecil van (1844 - 1914)		3
Fischer, Karl		3
Eckert, Walter (1913 - 2001)		3
Blechen, Karl (1798-1840)		3
Bayros, (Marquis) Franz von (1866 - 1924)		3
Anonymous, attributed to 'French artist'		3
Zampis, Anton (1820 - 1883)		2
Wigand, Balthasar (1770 - 1846)		2
Voltz, Ludwig Gustav (1825-1911)		2
Valckenborch, Lucas van (1530 - 1597)		2
Steinle, Edward Jakob von (1810-1886)		1	1
Steinhausen, Wilhelm August Theodor (1846 - 1924)		2
Slevogt, Max (1868-1932)		2
Schwind, Moritz von (1804 - 1871)		2
Schubert, Ferdinand (1824 - 1853)		2
Schlittgen, Hermann (1859 - 1930)		2
Schleich the Elder, Eduard (1812 - 1874)		2
Schindler, Carl (1821 - 1842)		2
Schindler, Albert (1805 - 1861)		2
Schilcher, Friedrich (1811-1881)		2
Sattler, Josef (1867 - 1931)		2
Raffaelli, Jean Francois (1850-1924)		2
Pipal, Viktor (1887 - 1981)		2
Peter, Emanuel Thomas (1799 - 1873)		2
Pessler, Ernst (1838 - 1900)		2
Peisker, Anton		2
Neder, Johann Michael (1807 - 1882)		1	1
Müller, Karl		2
Menzel, Adolf Friedrich Erdmann (1815-1905)	1		1
Makart, Hans (1840 - 1884)		2
Laske, Oskar (1874 - 1951)		2
Lafite, Karl (1830 - 1900)		2
Koller, Emil		2
Forberg, Carl Ernst (1844-1915)		2
Fohn, Emanuel (1881-1966)		2
Enhuber, Karl von (1811-1867)		2
Engelhart, Josef (1864 - 1941)		2
Dobrowsky, Josef (1889 - 1964)		2
Delacroix, Eugène (1798 - 1863)		2
Czeschka, Carl Otto (1878 - 1960)		2
Bormann, Emma (1887-1974)		2
Bol, Hans (1534 - 1593)		2
Bloemaert, Abraham (1566 - 1651)		2
Attributed to Engleheart, George (c.1750-1829)		2
Anonymous, attributed to 'Japanese artist'		2
Anonymous, attributed to 'German artist'		2
Alt, Rudolf von (1812-1905)		2
Zumsande, Josef (1806 - 1865)		1
Ziegler, Johann (1749 - c. 1812)			1
Zais, Giuseppe (1709 - 1784)		1
Wörnle, Wilhelm (1849-1922)		1
Winck, Christian (1738 - 1797)		1
Wiegele, Franz (1887 - 1944)		1
Whistler, James Abbott MacNeil (1834-1903)		1
Weser, Ernst Christian (1783 - 1860)		1
Welti, Albert (1862-1912)		1
Weixlbaum, Johann (1752-1840)		1
Waldmüller, Ferdinand Georg (1793 - 1865)		1
Vieth (von Golssenau), Friedrich Ludwig (1768-1848)		1
Vieth (von Golssenau), Friedrich Ludwig (1768 - 1848)		1
Vestier, Antoine (1740 - 1824)		1
Venus, August Leopold (1843-1886)			1
Veit, Philipp (1793-1877)			1
Varrone, Johann		1
Unger, William (1837-1932) after van de Velde, Willem (the Elder) (c.1611-1689)		1
Unger, William (1837-1932) after Menzel, Adolf Friedrich Erdmann (1815-1905)		1
Unger, William (1837-1932) after Hals, Frans (c.1580-1666)		1
Unger, William (1837-1932) after Hals, Frans (c. 1580-1666)		1
Troost, Cornelis (1696 - 1750)		1
Trapp, Hede von (1877 - ?)		1
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901)		1
Today attributed to Vignon, Claude (1593-1670), formerly to Bellange, Jacques (c. 1575-1616)		1
Today attributed to Shelley, Samuel (1750-1808), formerly to Hazlehurst, Thomas (1740-1821)		1
Today attributed to Shelley, Samuel (1750-1808), formerly to Cosway, Richard (1742-1821)		1
Today attributed to Krüger, Ferdinand Anton (1795 - 1857), formerly to Overbeck, Friedrich (1789 - 1869)		1
Today attributed to Guérin, Jean Urbain (1760-1836), formerly to Sauvage, Piat J. (1744-1818)		1
Today attributed to Dresely, Johann Baptist, formerly to Braun, Friedrich			1
Today attributed to Bouchardon, Edme (1698 - 1762), formerly to Fragonard, Honoré (1732 - 1806)		1
Today attributed to 'Dutch artist', formerly to Suttermans, Justus (1597 - 1681)		1
Till, Johann		1
Tichy, Hans (1861 - 1925)		1
Theer, Robert (1808 - 1863)		1
Suchy, Adalbert (1783 - 1849)		1
Straehuber, Alexander (1814-1882)		1
Stemberger, Elisabeth (1906 - ?)		1
Spitzweg, Carl (1808-1885)		1
Spitzweg, Carl (1808 - 1885)		1
Spitzer, Thomas		1
Seibertz, Engelbert (1813-1905)		1
Seewald, Richard (1889-1976)		1
Schweninger (the Younger), Karl (1854 - 1903)		1
Scholz, Werner 1898 - 1982)		1
Scholz, Werner (1898 - 1982)		1
Schmögler, Theobald		1
Schmitson, Teutwart (1830 - 1863)		1
Schindler, Emil Jakob (1842 - 1892)		1
Schilcher, Friedrich (1811-81)		1
Schiestl, Rudolf (1878-1931)		1
Samz, Anton		1
Rumohr, Freiherr Carl Friedrich von		1
Rottmann, Carl (1797-1850)			1
Rosenzweig, Nanette		1
Romako, Anton (1832-1889)	1
Rollé, Marie (1865-1942)		1
Rochard, Francois Théodore (1798-1858)		1
Ridinger, Johann Elias (1695 - 1767)		1
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841 - 1919)		1
Reinicke, Emil (1859 - ?)		1
Raabe, Josef (Karl Josef) (1780 - 1846)		1
Pynas, Jacob Symonsz. (c.1590-c.1648)		1
Preller the Elder, Ernst Christian Johann Friedrich (1804 - 1878)		1
Plimer, Andrew (1763 - 1837)		1
Plattenberg, Matthieu van, called Platte Montagne		1
Pichler, Stefan		1
Philippi, Robert (1877-1959)		1
Pfeifer, Josef		1
Peter, Emanuel Thomas (1799-1873)		1
Périn-Salbreux, Louis Lié (1753 - 1817)		1
Peche, Ernst (1885 - 1945)		1
Payer-Gartegen, Robert		1
Pauser, Sergius (1896 - 1970)		1
Opiz, Georg Emanuel (1775 - 1841)		1
Neureuther, Eugen Napoleon (1806-1882)			1
Müller, Anton		1
Monogrammist JH		1
Moldovan, Kurt (1918 - 1977)		1
Mirbel b. Rue, Lizinka Aimée Zoé de (1796 - 1849)		1
Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875)			1
Michalek, Ludwig (1859-1942)		1
Mediz, Karl (1868 - 1945)		1
Mayer-Beck, Friedrich (1907-?)		1
Max, Gabriel Cornelius von (1840 - 1915)		1
Manet, Edouard (1832-1883)		1
Makart, Hans (1840-1884)		1
Lütgendorff-Leinburg, Ferdinand Karl Theodor Christoph Peter von (1785 - 1858)		1
Lindenschmidt, Wilhelm von (1829-1895)		1
Leybold, Moritz		1
Lenz, Maximilian (1860 - 1948)		1
Lenbach, Franz Seraph von (1836-1904)		1
Laurencin, Marie (1883 - 1956)		1
Lasinio, Carlo (1759-1838) after del Sarto, Andrea (1486-1530)		1
Lanzedelly, Karl (1806 - 1865)		1
Landragin, Marie-Adélaide		1
Kupelwieser, Leopold (1796 - 1862)			1
Kügelgen, Wilhelm von (1802-1867)			1
Krüger, Ferdinand Anton (1795-1857)			1
Kriehuber, Josef (1800-76)			1
Kriehuber, Josef (1800-1876)		1
Kreutzinger, Josef (1757-1829)		1
Kreutzberger, Karl		1
Krafft, Peter (1780 - 1856)		1
Krafft, Joseph (1787 - 1828)		1
Krabbes, Hermann (1840-1920)		1
Kollwitz, Käthe (1867-1945)		1
Kolbe, Georg (1877-1947)		1
Koch, Joseph Anton (1768-1839)			1
Kobell, Ferdinand (1740 - 1799)		1
Klinger, Max (1857 - 1920)		1
Klengel, Johann Christian (1751-1824)		1
Kitt, Ferdinand 1887 - 1961)		1
Kirchner, Albert Emil (1813-1885)			1
Kiesewetter, Wilhelm		1
Khnopff, Fernand (1858 - 1921)		1
Karger, Karl (1848 - 1913)		1
Kaltner, Joseph (c. 1758 - after 1824)		1
Jungnickel, Ludwig Heinrich (1881 - 1965)		1
Isabey, Jean-Baptiste (1767 - 1855)		1
Hoffmann, Josef (1870 - 1956)		1
Hofer, Franz (1885 - 1915)		1
Höchle, Johann Nepomuk (1790 - 1835)		1
Hessell, Leonhard Heinrich (1757 - 1830)		1
Hausknecht, Rudolf		1
Hauck, Reinhold		1
Hagenauer, Karl (1898 - 1956)		1
Haanen, Remigius Adrianus van (1812 - 1894)		1
Guys, Constantin (1802 - 1892)		1
Guibal, Nicolas (1725-1784)			1
Guérin, Jean Urbain (1760 - 1836)		1
Grünbaum, Laurent	1
Granet, François-Marius (1775 - 1849)		1
Graeb, Carl Georg Anton (1816-84)		1
Girodet De Roussy-Trioson, Anne Louis (1767-1824)			1
Genelli, Bonaventura (1798 - 1868)		1
Gauermann, Jakob (1773 - 1843)		1
Gauermann, Friedrich (1807-1862)		1
Führich, Josef von (1800 - 1876)		1
Füger, Heinrich Friedrich (1751-1818)		1
Freydanck, Carl Daniel (1811-1887)		1
Frey, Max (1902 - 1955)		1
Forgery after Schiele, Egon (1890 -1918)		1
Fischer, Leopold (1814-1864)		1
Fest, Wilhelm		1
Fendi, Peter (1796 - 1842)		1
Engerth, Eduard von (1818-1897), after: Vermeyen, Jan Cornelisz. (before 1559-1606)		1
Eissenhardt, Johannes Kaspar (1824-1896) after Ruisdael, Jacob van (1828/29-1682)		1
Eckl, Vilma (1892 - 1982)		1
Dunker, Balthasar Anton (1746-1807)		1
Dumont, Francois (1688 - 1726)		1
Dreber, Heinrich (1822-1875)			1
Dobrowsky, Josef (1889-1964)		1
Dillis, Maximilian Johann Georg von (1759-1841)			1
Daffinger, Moritz Michael (1790-1849)			1
Daffinger, Moritz Michael (1790 - 1849)	1
Cosway, Richard (1742-1821)		1
Cocteau, Jean (1889-1963)		1
Chéret, Jules (1836 - 1932)		1
Castello, Giovanni Battista, called il Bergamasco (1547 - 1637)		1
Caspar, Carl		1
Burne-Jones, Edward (1833 - 1898)		1
Brozík, Václav (1851 - 1901)		1
Bril, Paul (1556 - 1626)		1
Bresslern-Roth, Norbertine von (1891-1978)		1
Bracht, Eugen Felix Prosper (1842 - 1921)		1
Bossi, Domenico (1765-1853)		1
Boeckl, Herbert (1894 - 1966)		1
Bloemaert, Abraham (1566-1651)			1
Blaas, Carl von (1815 - 1894)		1
Bertl, Otto		1
Bergmüller, Johann Georg (1688-1762)			1
Benedetti, Tommaso (1796/97 - 1863)		1
Becker, Alexander		1
Bartsch, Adam Johann (1757-1821)		1
Balbi, Lorenzo Gasparo (1732 - 1782)		1
Baisch, Hermann (1846 - 1894)		1
Attributed to Zincke, Christian Friedrich (1685 - 1767)		1
Attributed to Wolf, Franz (?)		1
Attributed to Vincent, Francois André (1746 - 1816)		1
Attributed to Theer, Robert (1808-1863)			1
Attributed to Theer, Robert (1808 - 1863)		1
Attributed to Smart, John (the Elder)		1
Attributed to Nilson, Johannes Esaias (1721-1788)		1
Attributed to Lanino, Bernardino (c. 1512-1583)			1
Attributed to Hoskins, John (the Elder)		1
Attributed to Grahl, August (1791 - 1868)		1
Attributed to Fraisinger, Caspar (1560 - 1599)		1
Attributed to Fendi, Peter (1796-1842)		1
Attributed to Fendi, Peter (1796 - 1842)		1
Attributed to Blesendorf, Constantin Friedrich (1674 - 1744)		1
Archduchess Marie Christine of Habsburg-Lorraine (1742 - 1798)		1
Antonio, Juan		1
Anreiter, Aloys von (1803 - 1882)		1
Anonymous, English, formerly attributed to Cosway, Richard		1
Anonymous, copy after Clouet, François (c. 1505/10-1572)		1
Anonymous, attributed to Ranftl, Johann Mathias (1804 - 1854)		1
Anonymous, attributed to northern school		1
Anonymous, attributed to Florentine artist		1
Anonymous, attributed to Flemish artist		1
Anonym		1
Alt, Jakob (1789-1872)		1
Agricola, Karl (1779 - 1852)		1
After Olivier the Elder, Isaac (c. 1565 - 1617)		1
Adamek, Johann (1774 - 1840)		1
Abel, Joseph (1764 - 1818)		1
Grand Total	5	935	37

source of information analysed in this table:

Kunstdatenbank for Albertina
https://www.kunstdatenbank.at/detail-view-museum/albertina
Albertina, Albertinaplatz 1;1010 Vienna

Additional information provided about the provenance research project at the Albertina Museum by the Kunstdatenbank on its website:

Provenance researcher: Mag.a Julia Eßl

In the Albertina, Maren Gröning carried out provenance research for the period 1938–1960 actively between 1998 and 2000 and as required between 2000 and 2009. During this time, 49 reports regarding 317 works were submitted to the Commission for Provenance Research. Of these, 163 objects were restituted, in addition to a collection of around 3,500 posters (as at October 2009) and the restitution of a further 34 objects was recommended by the Advisory Board pursuant to the Art Restitution Law, Federal Law Gazette 1998/181.

Mag. Julia Eßl and Dr. Pia Schölnberger (until August 2017) have been working as provenance researchers at the Albertina since spring 2011, on behalf of the Commission for Provenance Research. Their task is to build on the research already carried out at an intensified level, by examining all objects which came into the collection between 1933 and the present for their origins and previous owners. In dubious or contentious cases, dossiers are compiled which are subsequently submitted to the Art Restitution Advisory Board, whose task is to advise the Federal Minister of Education, the Arts and Culture on a possible restitution.

Due to the extension of the period to be investigated, the provenance researchers of the Albertina will carry out investigations into the purchases from the German art trade between 1933 and 1938, into all purchases after 1960 and into acquisitions of the library, and a general object autopsy in order to look for indications of provenance on the originals as well as a systematic revision of the entire holdings of the works of Egon Schiele and Gustav Klimt.
(source: Kunstsdatenbank)