Modern art seized by Nazis and sold through Curt Valentin: Where are they today?

Nazi Looted Art Research, focus on Curt Valentin and the sale of modern art, classified by Nazis as "Degenerate" and seized for resale to finance the Nazi war effort

Location of "Degenerate Art" seized by Nazis and sold by Curt Valentin (where it it known)

New York, Museum of Modern Art	16
Privatbesitz	12
St. Louis, Saint Louis Art Museum	5
Detroit, Institute of Arts	5
USA, Privatbesitz	4
Washington, National Gallery of Art	3
Philadelphia, Museum of Art	3
Hannover, Sprengel Museum	3
Essen, Museum Folkwang	3
Washington, Smithsonian Institution	2
Providence, Rhode Island School of Design	2
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum	2
Cambridge/MA, Fogg Art Museum	2
Cambridge/MA, Busch-Reisinger Museum - Harvard University Art Museums	2
Berlin, Neue Nationalgalerie	2
Würzburg, Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger	1
Winterthur, Kunstmuseum	1
Washington, Library of Congress	1
Washington, International Gallery of Art	1
Sydney, Art Gallery New South Wales	1
Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie	1
Schweiz, Privatbesitz	1
Sammlung Rolf Horn	1
Oberlin, Allen Memorial Art Museum	1
New York, Weintraub Gallery	1
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art	1
New York, Brooklyn Museum	1
Nagoya, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art	1
Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefectural Art Museum	1
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center	1
Minneapolis, Institute of Arts	1
Michigan, Slg. Adolph Alfred Taubmann	1
Mailand, Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta	1
Madrid, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza	1
London, Sammlung Goodwin	1
Locarno, Museo Civico e Archeologico Castello Visconteo	1
Kunsthandel	1
Köln, Kunstmuseum des Erzbistums Köln	1
Köln, Kunsthaus Lempertz	1
Kansas City, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art	1
Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle	1
Hagen, Karl Ernst Osthaus Museum	1
Dresden, Skulpturensammlung	1
Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art	1
Chicago, The Art Institute	1
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts	1
Bern, Galerie Kornfeld und Cie.	1
Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Museum Berggruen	1
Berlin, Galerie Michael Haas	1
Bergen, Kunstmuseum, Stenersen's Collection	1

 raw data source: Beschlagnahmeinventar "Entartete Kunst", "Degenerate Art" Research Center, FU Berlin; filtered for "Curt Valentin" and Location not blank or "Unbekannt"

http://emuseum.campus.fu-berlin.de/eMuseumPlus?service=RedirectService&sp=Scollection&sp=SfieldValue&sp=0&sp=5&sp=3&sp=SdetailList&sp=0&sp=Sdetail&sp=2&sp=F

See also: Buchholz and Valentin in Provenance Texts in American Museums

RKD provenances that mention the Rhode Island School of Design

It is difficult to find the provenance of European artwork on the website of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). However by searching the excellent RKD site one can find the ownership history of at least a few artworks.

Provenances of some artworks in the RISD collection published on RKD

Source Url	Artist	Title	Provenance
https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/134207	Joseph Paelinck	Portrait of King Willem I (1772-1843)	private collection Henry H. Howorth (Sir), London;- 1923;art dealer Appleby Bros., London;- 1956;Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island), inv./cat.nr 56 090A;1956 -;Veiling(en);Christie, Manson & Woods (London (England)) 1923-12-14, lotnr. 38
https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/134208	Joseph Paelinck	Portrait of Wilhelmina of Prussia (1774-1837), Queen of the Netherlands	private collection Henry H. Howorth (Sir), London;- 1923 auctioned at Christie's London 14-12-1923;art dealer Appleby Bros., London;- 1956;Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island), inv./cat.nr 56 090 B;1956 -;Veiling(en);Christie, Manson & Woods (London (England)) 1923-12-14, lotnr. 38
https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/16999	Balthasar Flessiers	Portrait of Eva Vliegen (1575-1626)	Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island)
https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/20240	Jan Mostaert	Portrait of een vrouw (op de achterzijde: wapenschild met helm en helmteken)	art dealer;Londen (Engeland), als trant van Joos van Cleve/Jan Gossaert;1934 - gesignaleerd;E. and A. Silberman Galleries, New York City;1945-12 - door M.J. Friedländer gesignaleerd;Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island)
https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/20343	Jan Mostaert		art dealer;Londen (Engeland), als trant van Joos van Cleve/Jan Gossaert;1934 - gesignaleerd;E. and A. Silberman Galleries, New York City;1945 - gesignaleerd;Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island)
https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/216964	Jacob van Ruisdael	Waterfall in a mountainous landscape with a wooden bridge	art dealer or private collection Alexis Joseph Febvre, Paris;- 1882-04-17 geveild op 17-20 april 1882;private collection August de Ridder, Schönberg (Kronberg im Taunus);- 1911;art dealer F. Kleinberger, Paris/New York;1911 - ca. 1911;private collection Carl von Hollitscher, Berlin;private collection Adolphe Schloss, Paris;Inc. Schaeffer Galleries, New York City/Berlin;vóór 1948;private collection Manton B. en Rowe Metcalf, United States;- 1948;Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island);schenking van Manton B. Metcalf en Rowe Metcalf in 1948;1948 -;Veiling(en);Exp.: George, Le Roy, Mannheim C. P.: Lechat, Chevallier (Paris) 1882-04-17 - 1882-04-20, lotnr. 82;Inbrenger Alexis Joseph Febure, voor deze veiling in prent gebracht door Gustave Greux
https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/217412	Jean Hélion	Balance	Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island)
https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/250535	Karel Dujardin	Shepherd washing his feet, cattle in a meadow	art dealer Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Le Brun, Paris;ca. 1777 -;private collection Charles René Dominique Sochet Destouches, Paris;ca. 1792 - 1794;private collection Koucheleff-Besborodko, Sint Petersburg (Rusland);- 1800;private collection S.S. Joseph, London;ca. 1900 -;M. Knoedler & Co., New York City (United States)/London (England)/Paris (France);Londen, inv. nr. 5008;Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island), inv./cat.nr 20.230;Virginia W. Hoppin;1920 -;Veiling(en);Julliot, C.F. (Paris) 1777-02-27 - 1777-03-25, lotnr. 149;Inbrenger Randon de Boisset;Naam koper: Donjeu, 4410 ffr, verkocht samen met pendant, cat. nr. 66 (Kilian 2005);Lebrun (jr) (Paris) 1794-03-21, lotnr. 128;Inbrenger Destouches;Naam koper: Vauttier, 800 ffr, verkocht samen met pendant, cat. nr. 62 (Kilian 2005);Exp.: Durand-Ruel, C. P.: Boussaton, Pillet (Paris) 1869-06-05, lotnr. 17;Inbrenger Koucheleff-Besborodko;Naam koper: Buisseret, 19000 ffr;Le Roy (Brussels) 1891-04-29 - 1891-04-30, lotnr. 56;Inbrenger Buisseret;Naam koper: Colnaghi, 24500 BEF
https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/257892	Adriaen van der Werff	The banishment of Hagar and Ishmael (Genesis 21:16-21)	Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island), inv./cat.nr 59.063;Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund
https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/264911	Anton Mirou	Portrait of a painter in front of his landscape painting	Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island), inv./cat.nr 39.046;as by Paul Bril, Self-Portrait;1939 -;Veiling(en);Muller, Frederik (Amsterdam) 1938-11-15, afb. zwart-witreproductie, lotnr. 14, as by Paul Bril
https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/283863	Jheronimus Bosch	Monsters	Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island), inv./cat.nr 51.069
https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/293983	Giovanni del Campo	The flagellation of Christ	Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island), inv./cat.nr 56.037;Museum Works of Art Fund
https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/3751	Arent de Gelder	Ester and Mordecai write the second Purim-letter (Esther 9:29-32)	Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island), inv./cat.nr 17.138;1917 -
https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/52516	Rogier van der Weyden	Portrait of a man with his hands folded	Galerie Dr. Schäffer, Berlin;volgens eigenhandige aantekening M.J. Friedländer op achterzijde foto in het foto-archief M.J. Friedländer: 'Tietje / holl. Privatbes. / durch Schäffer / VII.36';private collection Tietje, Amsterdam;volgens eigenhandige aantekening M.J. Friedländer op achterzijde foto in het foto-archief M.J. Friedländer: 'Tietje / holl. Privatbes. / durch Schäffer / VII.36';1936 - door M.J. Friedländer gesignaleerd: 1936-07;art dealer or private collection Lippmann;volgens eigenhandige aantekening M.J. Friedländer op achterzijde foto in het foto-archief M.J. Friedländer: 'Tietje / [...? moeilijk leesbaar handschrift] Lippmann / [Wulfl? moeilijk leesbaar handschrift];Private collection;New York City, volgens opgave De Tolnay 1944 (zie bij literatuur);1944 - gesignaleerd;Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island);volgens eigenhandige aantekening M.J. Friedländer op achterzijde foto in het foto-archief M.J. Friedländer: 'Providence / School of Design.;1945 -;Veiling(en);Frederik Muller & Co., Amsterdam, 1925-06-17, lotnr. 247, afb. zwart-witreproductie;7700;geannoteerd exemplaar veilingcatalogus op het RKD, als Rogier van der Weyden of diens school
https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/652	Hendrick Goltzius	Christ sitting on the cold stone between two angels	private collection Jacob Matham, Haarlem;1603;private collection Simon VI zur Lippe, Detmold;mentioned by K. van Mander 1604: in the possession of the Count of Lippe (one of the agents in buying paintings for Rudolf II) or the emperor in Prague: it now seems as if the Emperor bought the painting from Simon's heirs in 1621 (Nichols 2013);1603 - 1621;Rudolf II of Habsburg - Holy Roman Emperor, Prague;mentioned by K. van Mander 1604: in the possession of the Count of Lippe or the emperor in Prague;1621-12-06 - Nichols 2013;private collection Matthias von Habsburg (emperor), Vienna/Prague;in the inventory of the Prague Treasure Room (Sch, 1621-12-06;1621-12-06 -;private collection Allaert van Everdingen, Amsterdam;see Moes OH 7 (1889) p. 119 ev;1671 - c. 1671;art dealer;Dresden;1891-05 -;art dealer Samuel Hartveld, Antwerp/New York City;In the sale catalogue 1928, no. 25, ill.;private collection D. Splitter, Antwerp;1933 - till after 1935 (Nichols 2013);Arcade Gallery, London;1960 - 1961;Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island), inv./cat.nr 61.006;1961 -;Veiling(en);Christie's, Londen (Engeland), 1960-06-10, lotnr. 21;Inbrenger;Spitzer;Naam koper: buying for Arcade Gallery Wengraf, 250;Rubenianum, Antwerp;Christie, Manson & Woods (London (England)) 1956-11-23, afb. zwart-witreproductie, lotnr. 144;Naam koper: Spitzer, 105 GBP;annotation auction cat. RKD
https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/71111	Anoniem		Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island), inv./cat.nr 61.080
https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/8113	Jacob Jordaens (I)		private collection M.G. Scheppers de Bergstein, Belgium;Museum of Art - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (Rhode Island), inv./cat.nr 60.094;1960 - voor uitgebreide herkomst: tent.cat. 1993

image: Mountain Landscape with River, Gift of Manton B. Metcalf, Jr. and Rowe Metcalf, to RISD, accession number of 48.453. copyright RISD https://risdmuseum.org/art-design/collection/mountain-landscape-river-48453