Paul Pétridès, Red Flag Name, in museums in 2026

When an artwork with a Nazi era provenance gap and the Red Flag Name "Pétridès" pops up in a  museum, one might hope that the museum would spare no effort to clarify the provenance. 

 The OSS Art Looting Investigation Unit had this to say about Paul Pétridès:

Petrides, O. Paris, 6 ave Delcasse/153 rue la Boetie. Born in Cyprus. British subject, naturalised French. One of the most active collaborationist dealers. Worked with Adrion, through whom he sold Renoir bronzes and a Rembrandt to Boehmer, and Rosner and Rochlitz, from whom he acquired paintings looted by the ERR from the Paul Rosenberg collection, and which he later sold to Zervos. In touch with Borchers, Schoeller and Cailleux. Reported to have assets concealed under the name of Mme Kruger (sister-in-law, 53 ave Foch) and Mlle Bosc, also a sister-in-law (17 rue Jean Mermoz). Indicted by French Government (Seine Tribunal, Judge Frapier).

The ALIU also linked Pétridès to other Red Flag Names:

Rosner, Isador (or Ignacy). Paris, 230 (?) blvd Raspail. Dealer. Received loot from Rochlitz and Petrides. Fled to Provence. Indicted by French Government (Seine Tribunal, Judge Frapier).

Boehmer, Bernhard. Guestrow, Mecklenberg, Haus Beidberg. Former assistant to the sculptor Barlach, turned dealer. Active as buyer for Goebbels in Holland and Paris. Client of Petrides and Adrion. Connected with Wendland and Fischer as intermediary in sale of Degas’ Madame Camus at the Piano.

Champagne, Jean Marc. Paris, blvd Raspail. Art critic reported to have collaborated with the German Propaganda Section in Paris. Reported associated with Petrides.

Adrion, Philippe. Paris, 9 rue Bochart de Savon Villier sur Marne, 41 rue Dr Filloux. Dealer reported to have worked in the German Propaganda Office, Paris. Connected with Gurlitt, Rochlitz, Hoffmann and Petrides. Indicted by French Government (Seine Tribunal, Judge Frapier).Wendland, Dr Hans. Versoix/Geneva. German national. Art dealer, resident alternately in France, Switzerland, Italy and Germany since World War I. Partner of Reber until about 1930. Probably the most important individual engaged in quasi-official looted art transactions in France, Germany and Switzerland in World War II. Acted as intermediary between Hofer and Fischer, and as Fischer’s chief purchasing agent. Frequently in Paris during the occupation; close contact of Lohse, Rochlitz, Loebl, Petrides, Mandl, Wuester, etc. Has never sold works of art directly to private purchasers; always working as dealers’ expert and agent. His activities presently under close scrutiny by the Swiss government. On Allied Expulsion List and Proclaimed List.

Kruger, Mme. Paris, 53 ave Foch. Sister-in-law of Petrides. Reported to have hidden pictures he obtained from the Germans.

Bosc, Mlle. Paris, 17 rue Jean Mermoz. Sister-in-law of Petrides. Reported to have held pictures from Jewish collections sequestered by the Germans.

Artworks with provenances that mention Pétridès

Artwork	Artist	AccNum	Provenance	Museum
Woman at Her Toilette	Édouard Vuillard	1970.17.91	Vuillard atelier; (Paul Pétridés, Paris), c. 1947.[1] Capt. Edward H. Molyneux [1891-1974], Paris, France, by 1952; sold 15 August 1955 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York;[2] bequest 1970 to NGA. [1]See letter dated 22 September 1999 from Guy Gogeval, in NGA curatorial records. [2]According to the Ailsa Mellon Bruce notebook now in NGA archives, copy NGA curatorial records. Associated Names Galerie Paul Pétridès Atelier Vuillard Molyneux, Edward H., Captain Bruce, Ailsa Mellon, Mrs.	National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.)
Mountains at Collioure	André Derain	1982.76.4	Possibly purchased from the artist by (Ambroise Vollard [1866-1939], Paris), until at least 1935.[1] (Paul Pétridès, Paris); acquired June 1951 on joint account by (M. Knoedler & Co., New York) and (Sidney Janis Gallery, New York); full ownership acquired October 1951 by (Sidney Janis Gallery, New York);[2] sold 1951 to John Hay Whitney [1904-1982], Manhasset, New York; deeded 1982 to the John Hay Whitney Charitable Trust, New York; gift 1982 to NGA. [1] Letter of 17 April 1985 from Michel Kellerman, in NGA curatorial files. Two labels on the stretcher of the painting include Vollard's name, and appear to indicate he lent to the painting to exhibitions in 1935 (recorded in NGA conservation report, in NGA curatorial files). [2] Although a letter of 9 July 1984 from Sidney Janis Gallery, now in NGA curatorial files, states that they acquired the painting from Knoedler in 1950, a letter of 9 January 1985 from Nancy Little, librarian at M. Knoedler & Co., also in NGA curatorial files, gives the more precise dates. The Knoedler number to which Ms. Little refers, A4642, is recorded in blue pencil on the stretcher of the painting. Ms. Little also confirms Pétridès as Knoedler's source. A letter of 5 March 1985 from the Galerie Pétridès, in NGA curatorial files, indicates that they have no additional information about the picture.	National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.)
The Houses in the Snow, Norway	Claude Monet	39.2017	(Hôtel Drouot), Paris, by 1924; purchase, (Bernheim-Jeune), Paris, April 3, 1924, stock no. 23869; purchase, Henri Canonne [1867–1961], Paris, December 31, 1927 until at least 1940. Probably, sale, (Paul Pétridès [1901-1993]), Paris, April 18, 1942 to (Galerie Raphaël Gérard), Paris, stock no. 8783; purchase, Armand Amanté (Galerie de l'Art Moderne), Paris, May 18, 1942 [1] . Possibly (Dr. Fritz Nathan [1895–1972]), Zurich, after 1942 until 1957 [2]. (Van Diemen-Lilienfeld Galleries), New York, by 1962. (Schoneman Galleries, Inc.), New York, by 1966; purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Zighelboim, Caracas, Venezuela, by 1975; sale, (Sotheby’s), New York, November 2, 2005, no. 57; collection of Frederic C. Hamilton [1927–2016], Denver; by bequest, Denver Art Museum, 2014. [1] Galerie Raphaël Gérard stock book entries for no. 8783 reflect "Monet" and "neige" with purchase from Pétridès and sale to Amanté. [2] Dr. Fritz Nathan appears in annotated provenance notes from the Wildenstein Plattner (Paris) archives.	Denver Art Museum
The Guitar Player	Georges Braque	AM 1981-540	La peinture, volée avec la collection Kann, se retrouve en 1940 au Jeu de paume, centre de triage des oeuvres pillées. En 1941, elle passe dans les mains du marchand allemand Gustav Rochlitz, qui collabore avec les services allemands. Elle sera ensuite acquise par le marchand parisien Paul Petrides, le galeriste suisse Marcel Fleischmann, le collectionneur André Lefèvre et le galeriste parisien Heinz Berggruen. Ce dernier prête l'oeuvre au Mnam en 1976, et la lui revend en 1981 9 millions de francs - Libération https://www.liberation.fr/culture/1998/01/27/un-braque-reclame-a-beaubourg-alphonse-kann_226169/	Musée National d'Art Moderne
Nude on a Sofa	Henri Matisse	M.1998.2.P	Gaston Bernheim de Villers (d. 1953), Paris, 1931-1953? ?Mme Gaston Bernheim de Villers (Suzanne Adler, d. 1961); Galerie Methey, Paris, by 1969; [Paul Pétridès, Paris, sold 17 July 1969, as Nu sur canapé, 1925, to]; The Norton Simon Foundation; acc. no. F.1969.22.P, sold 1998 to; Norton Simon Art Foundation.	Norton Simon Museum
Still Life with Coffee Pot	Roger de La Fresnaye	1951.380	Pierre Faure, Paris (?);Dealer: Paul Pétridès, Paris;1951 Dealer: Alex Reid & Lefevre;1951 Toledo Museum of Art - Provenance archived in 2012 from the Toledos museum public Provenance Research project https://web.archive.org/web/20121224083005if_/http://www.toledomuseum.org:80/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Provenance-Research-lowres.pdf	Toledo Museum of Art
Landscape in the South (Le Cannet)	Pierre Bonnard	1975.1.158	Purchased from the artist by the Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris; Galerie Pétridès, Paris; Sam Salz, New York; acquired from Sam Salz, New York, by Robert Lehman, New York, 1952.	Metropolitan Museum of Art
Le rideau jaune	Henri Matisse	355.1997	Alphonse Kann (1870–1948), Saint-Germain-en-Laye, by 1931 [1]; confiscated during the Nazi occupation by the ERR (Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg), October 1940 [2]; traded by the ERR to Gustav Rochlitz in exchange for an Old Master painting acquired for the Hermann Goering collection, February 9, 1942 [3]; sold to Paul Petrides, Paris [4]. Returned with the help of Henri Matisse to Alphonse Kann, London, 1946 [5]; by inheritance to his friend Michael Stewart (1918-1983), London, 1948 [6]; sold through Arthur Tooth & Sons, Ltd., London, 1951. Fernand C. Graindorge (1903-1985), Liège, 1951 [7]; to Marcel Mabille, Brussels, by 1956 [8]; sold to Stephen Hahn (1921-2011), New York, by 1981 [9]; sold through Acquavella Galleries to The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1997 (Gift of Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, Nelson Rockefeller Bequest, gift of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Weintraub, and Mary Sisler Bequest [all by exchange]). [1] Lender to the exhibition Henri-Matisse, Galeries Georges Petit, Paris, June 1- July 25, 1931, no. 28( (Le Rideau jaune). [2] The painting was stored at the Jeu de Paume in Paris. ERR inventory card KA 1061: Komposition in Blau und Gelb.  [3] One from a group of seven paintings (one by Leger, two by Braque, two by Matisse, one by Picasso, and one by de Chirico) exchanged by the ERR for one painting by the "School of the Master of Frankfurt." See OSS DIR #4 Gustav Rochlitz, ERR #13, pp. 7-8, no. 16 (View Through a Window), RG260 NARA M1946. OSS CIR# 1, exchange #13, no. 5, RG260 NARA M1946. See also contract between the ERR (Kurt von Behr) and Gustav Rochlitz, February 9, 1942, no. 5 (OSS CIR #2, NARA RG260 M1946). [4] See OSS DIR #4 Gustav Rochlitz, ERR #13, pp. 7-8, RG260 NARA M1946.  [5] See letter Henri Matisse, Nice to Fernand Graindorge, Liège, October 24, 1951 (Matisse Archives, Paris). The painting was included in the exhibition Paintings by Picasso and Matisse, organized by the Association française d'action artistique and the British Council at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, December 1945 (no. 23: Fenêtre sur le jardin. 1919 [sic]/Window overlooking the garden). The exhibition catalogue lists the painting among loans from the Musée national d'art moderne. See also Madeleine Korn, "New Research on a Collector: Alphonse Kann and Michael Stewart," Nancy Yeide at al., Vitalizing Memory: International Perspectives on Provenance Research, Washington: American Association of Museums, 2005, pp. 110-111. [6] Date of consignment: December 12, 1950 (Arthur Tooth & Sons stock inventories and accounts, 1871-1959, Series II, Box 21, ledger no. 8104, Getty Archives, Los Angeles). [7] See letter Henri Matisse, Nice to Fernand Graindorge, Liège, October 24, 1951 ( Matisse Archives, Paris). On loan from Graindorge to the exhibitions Matisse, Grande sale des expositions de La Réserve, Knokke-le-Zoute, July 12-August 31, 1952, no. 18 (Le rideau chamois); Chefs-d'oeuvre de l'art ancien dans les musées et collections belges, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, May 29-June 24, 1953; and Collection Fernand Graindorge, Kunsthalle Basel, August 28-October 3, 1954.  [8] Per Dominique Fourcade, ed., Henri Matisse 1904-1917, exh. cat. Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, 1993, no. 124. Lender to the exhibition Henri Matisse, Musée national d'art moderne, Paris, July 27-November 18, 1956, no. 37 (La fenêtre). [9] Collection files 355.1997, Department of Painting and Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Per Fourcade 1993, Hahn acquired the painting in "1979 or 1980." https://web.archive.org/web/20260621042831/https://www.moma.org/collection/works/79523	Museum of Modern Art
The Checkered Tablecloth	Pierre Bonnard	1988.141.4	With Galerie Pétridès, Paris, by June 1943 [Paris 1943]. Jacques Lindon, New York, by Aug. 1948 [this and the following according to Block collection card, in curatorial file]; sold to Mr. and Mrs. Leigh B. Block, Chicago, Aug. 1948; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, Apr. 1988.	Art Institute of Chicago
Study of Trees	Paul Cézanne	1998.305	[Ambroise Vollard, Paris.] Estate of Ambroise Vollard. [Paul Pétridès, Paris, 1947], sold; to James Lord, Paris, 1947. [Buchholz Gallery, New York, 1947], sold; to Lois Orswell, Pomfret, Connecticut, 1947, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 1998	Harvard Art Museums
Mountains at Collioure	André Derain	1982.76.4	Possibly purchased from the artist by (Ambroise Vollard [1866-1939], Paris), until at least 1935.[1] (Paul Pétridès, Paris); acquired June 1951 on joint account by (M. Knoedler & Co., New York) and (Sidney Janis Gallery, New York); full ownership acquired October 1951 by (Sidney Janis Gallery, New York);[2] sold 1951 to John Hay Whitney [1904-1982], Manhasset, New York; deeded 1982 to the John Hay Whitney Charitable Trust, New York; gift 1982 to NGA. [1] Letter of 17 April 1985 from Michel Kellerman, in NGA curatorial files. Two labels on the stretcher of the painting include Vollard's name, and appear to indicate he lent to the painting to exhibitions in 1935 (recorded in NGA conservation report, in NGA curatorial files). [2] Although a letter of 9 July 1984 from Sidney Janis Gallery, now in NGA curatorial files, states that they acquired the painting from Knoedler in 1950, a letter of 9 January 1985 from Nancy Little, librarian at M. Knoedler & Co., also in NGA curatorial files, gives the more precise dates. The Knoedler number to which Ms. Little refers, A4642, is recorded in blue pencil on the stretcher of the painting. Ms. Little also confirms Pétridès as Knoedler's source. A letter of 5 March 1985 from the Galerie Pétridès, in NGA curatorial files, indicates that they have no additional information about the picture.	National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.)
The Blue Blouse	Henri Matisse	G 87.001	Provenienz 1936 Henri Matisse (*31.12.1869, Le-Cateau-Cambrésis, † 03.11.1954, Nizza)[Künstler][1, 2, 3, 5] 1936 – o.D. Paul Rosenberg (*29.12.1881, Paris, † 29.06.1959, Neuilly-sur-Seine)[Kunsthändler][1, 2, 5] spätestens 1937 – o.D. Albert Bellanger (o.A.)[Sammler][1, 2, 4, 5] frühstens 1938 – spätestens 1956 Galerie Paul Pétridès / Paul Pétridès (*1901,o.A, † 1993, o.A)[Kunsthandel][1, 2, 5] spätestens 1956 – 1973 Harry Bakwin (*19.11.1894,?, † 25.12.1973, New York )[Sammler][1, 2] 1972 [?] – 1985 Ruth Morris Bakwin (*1898, Chicago, † 31.07.1985, Kodiak, AK)[Sammlerin][Erbgang][1, 2, 5] 1984 – 1986 Galerie Beyeler, Basel [Kauf][Kunsthandel][3] seit 1986 Kunstmuseum Bern [Kauf][3]	Kunstmuseum Bern
Landscape, Pierrefitte	Maurice Utrillo	1970.17.87	(Paul Pétridès, Paris);[1] sold to Captain Edward H. Molyneux [1891-1974], Paris, by 1952; sold 15 August 1955 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York, as Landscape with Houses;[2] bequest 1970 to NGA. [1] Letter of 6 December 1977 from Paul Pétridès, in NGA curatorial files. [2] Purchase date of Molyneux collection according to the Ailsa Mellon Bruce notebook now in NGA archives. Associated Names Galerie Paul Pétridès Molyneux, Edward H., Captain Bruce, Ailsa Mellon, Mrs.	National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.)
Before Dinner	Pierre Bonnard	1975.1.156	Purchased from the artist by the Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 1924; acquired from the Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, by Mlle Ricotti; [Galerie O. Pétridès, Paris at the earliest 1934/5]; acquired from Galerie O. Pétridès, Paris, by Robert Lehman, New York, June 1948.	Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Dessert	Pierre Bonnard	1949.18	By 1924 Henri Kapferer [1870-1956] and Marcel Kapferer [1872-1966], Paris 1 By 1943 (Galerie O. Pétridès, Paris 2 Until 1949 (Paul Rosenberg & Co., New York, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) 1949- The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio Provenance Footnotes 1 The Kapferer brothers are listed as the lenders/owners of Bonnard’s Le Dessert, no. 108 in the Première exposition au profit de la Société des Amis du Luxembourg. The Bonnard catalogue raisonné incorrectly lists this exhibition as taking place in 1932. 2 While there have been some suggestions that the Bonnard was with Galerie Pétridès in 1932, there does not appear to be any confirming documentation; however, the painting does appear in a 1943 Bonnard exhibition at the gallery (no. 15, Après le déjeuner).	Cleveland Museum of Art
Study of Trees	Paul Cézanne	1998.305	[Ambroise Vollard, Paris.] Estate of Ambroise Vollard. [Paul Pétridès, Paris, 1947], sold; to James Lord, Paris, 1947. [Buchholz Gallery, New York, 1947], sold; to Lois Orswell, Pomfret, Connecticut, 1947, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 1998	Fogg Museum
Landscape	André Derain	1951.379	"The provenance was archived in 2012 from the Toledo museum public Provenance Research project ""Ambrose Vollard, Paris Private collection: Mutzenbecher - Weimar, Germany 1951 Dealer: Galerie Paul Petrides, France. 1951 1951 Dealer: Alex Reid & Lefevre, London 1951 Toledo Museum of Art"" https://web.archive.org/web/20121224083005if_/http://www.toledomuseum.org:80/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Provenance-Research-lowres.pdf"	Toledo Museum of Art
Portrait of Guillaume Apollinaire	Maurice de Vlaminck	AC1992.285.1	The artist (1876-1958). [Paul Pétrides, Paris]. Mr. (1886–1954) and Mrs. (1890–1963) Crawford A. Black, New York by 1966. [Perls Galleries, New York]; sold in 1968 to Mr. and Mrs. James J. Shapiro (1910-1995), New York; [sold in 1978 through John and Paul Herring, New York]; to Nathan (1909-1991) and Marion Smooke (1916-2001), Los Angeles; given in 1992 to LACMA.	Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Mythical Landscape (Paysage légendaire)	Georges Rouault	1975.1.203	Bing Collection, Paris, Galerie O. Pétridès, Paris, Lock Galleries, New York, acquired from the Lock Galleries, New York, by Robert Lehman, New York, March 1966.	Metropolitan Museum of Art
Reclining Nude	Suzanne Valadon	1975.1.214	Acquired from the Galerie Paul Pétridès, Paris, by Robert Lehman, New York, October 1957.	Metropolitan Museum of Art
Sea and Cliffs	Pierre-Auguste Renoir	1975.1.200	Probably acquired from the Galerie O. Pétridès, Paris, by Robert Lehman, New York, June 1948 (documented in the Lehman Collection by 1950).	Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Green Interior (Figure Seated by a Curtained Window)	Édouard Vuillard	1975.1.222	Private Collection, Paris, possibly the painting acquired from the Galerie O. Pétridès, Paris, by Robert Lehman, New York, June 1948.	Metropolitan Museum of Art
Young Woman Dressed in Fur	Kostia Terechkovitch	1975.1.2042	Acquired from the Galerie Paul Pétridès, Paris, by Robert Lehman, New York, August 1966.	Metropolitan Museum of Art

Experiments in Automated Entity Extraction with Pinpoint: Toledo Museum of Art Provenance PDF

Pinpoint is a tool for investigative journalists. It performs automatic entity extraction from PDF files. Can it be useful for processing provenance texts?

In this post, we examine the results for the Provenance Research PDF file published by the Toledo Museum of Art and archived at: 

https://web.archive.org/web/20121224083005if_/http://www.toledomuseum.org:80/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Provenance-Research-lowres.pdf

Since the Toledo Museum of Art doesn't appear to publish provenance on its Website in 2024,  this older PDF file offers insights to the ownership history of artworks.

DATASET: Toledo Museum of Art Provenance Archive

This art provenance dataset contains publicly available information originally published online by a cultural heritage institution which has been formatted as a CSV file for easy download and analysis with digital tools.  It is intended to facilitate research into Holocaust-era provenance for scholars, art historians and families. 

Toledo Museum of Art Provenance Research

DATASET DOWNLOAD CSV FILE

(based on

http://www.toledomuseum.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Provenance-Research-lowres.pdf
archived at:
https://web.archive.org/web/20121224083005if_/http://www.toledomuseum.org:80/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Provenance-Research-lowres.pdf )

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

Art dealers like Frederick Mont played an important role in bringing art to American museums. 

In previous posts we looked at the biography of Frederick Mont, also known as Frederick Mondschein (1894-1994), and mentions of his name in the provenances of artworks that are now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. 

In this post, we look at the provenances of some of the artworks that Mont dealt with that are now in the art collections of the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio and LACMA in Los Angeles.

Several of these provenances exhibit gaps in the years 1933-1945.

Toledo Museum of Art

View of the Riva degli Schiavoni, Venice

Accession Number: 1951.404

Artist: CANALETTO (GIOVANNI ANTONIO CANAL) (1697-1768)

Title: The Riva degli Schiavoni, Venice

Date of: late 1730s
Medium/Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 18 1/2 x 24 7/8 in. (47.1 x 63.3 cm.)
Inscription: Two labels on reverse: 1) Anton Canale/M-zu Venedig/a 1740
2) No. 191/Tablau Apertenant au Prince Joseph/Wenceslau de (Liechten)
Nationality: Italian
about Prince Josef Wenzel
1740 Liechtenstein, Vienna
to about Princes Liechtenstein, Vienna
1951

Dealer: Frederick Mont, New York

1951 Toledo Museum of Art

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Accession Number: 1952.24

Artist: BEYEREN, ABRAHAM VAN (1620/21 - 1690)

Title: Still Life with a Wine Ewer

Date of: after 1655
Medium/Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 31 1/4 x 25 in. (79.3 x 63.5 cm.)
Inscription: Signed lower right (on table edge): AB (in monogram)
Nationality: Dutch
M. Meisgeier, Vienna

(Bought by dealer: Frederick Mont, New York)

1952 Toledo Museum of Art
NOT ON VIEW
http://emuseum.toledomuseum.org/objects/55110/still-life-with-a-wine-ewer?ctx=10fcc856-b17d-4e51-9de1-6ef33fb0b074&idx=0


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Accession Number: 1952.25

Artist: HEEM, JAN DAVIDSZ. DE (1606-1684)

Title: Still Life with a Lobster

Date of: late 1640s
Medium/Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 25 x 33 1/4 in. (63.5 x 84.5 cm.)
Inscription: Signed lower left (on table edge): JD.De Heem f.
Nationality: Dutch

Gsell, Vienna
1926 Max Strauss, Vienna
(Glückselig, Wawra,
Vienna, Mar. 1926, no. 18)

Dealer: Mont, New York

1952 Toledo Museum of Art
Toledo Museum of Art
Provenance Report, page 20
NOT ON VIEW
http://emuseum.toledomuseum.org/objects/55212/still-life-with-a-lobster?ctx=c04ca191-7545-4533-8943-596038058fb6&idx=0
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Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen Painting a Portrait of His Wife -Toledo

Accession Number: 1960.7

Artist: JACOBSZ, DIRCK (ABOUT 1497 - 1567)

Title: Jacob Cornelisz Painting a Portrait of His Wife

Date of: about 1550
Medium/Technique: Oil on wood panel
Dimensions: 24 7/16 x 19 7/16 in. (62.1 x 49.4 cm.)
Inscription: Inscribed upper right: A—.
Nationality: Dutch
Jacob van Formerly attribted to Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen (about 1472-1533), the father of Dirck
Jacobsz. 1859 Earl of Northwick, Painting described Thirlestaine House, as “Quintin Cheltenham Matsys, The Artist (sold, H. Phillips, Painting his July 1859, no. 138) Mother’s Portrait” — Burton Fredericksen letter 9 1859 Duke of Newcastle, Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire Earl of Lincoln, Clumber Park (Christie’s, London, June 4, 1937,
lot 70, repr.) Dealer: Katz, Arnhem (sold to Geldner) Geldner, Basel
Bought by dealer: Schultess, Basel

Bought by dealer: Frederick Mont, New York

1960 Toledo Museum of Art
Toledo Museum of Art
Provenance Report, page 35
http://emuseum.toledomuseum.org/objects/55302/jacob-cornelisz-van-oostsanen-painting-a-portrait-of-his-wi?ctx=186d285f-46b1-456f-a7ac-3ea6962e4f73&idx=0
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Accession Number: 1965.165

Artist: LONGHI, ALESSANDRO (1733 - 1813)

Title: Giacomo Casanova

Date of: about 1775
Medium/Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 40 1/4 x 33 1/2 in. (102 x 90 cm.)
Inscription:
Nationality: Italian
Start Date Ending Date Owner/Location/Sales Alternate SpellingNotes/Questions
Previous
attribution:
Pietro
Amici collection, Milan
(Sale dell’Impresa,
Milan, Mar. 14, 1889, lot 12,
as Pietro Crespi collection, Milan

1964? Purchased in Rome by dealer: FrederickMont, New York

1965 Toledo Museum of Art
NOT ON VIEW
http://emuseum.toledomuseum.org/objects/55263/giacomo-casanova?ctx=aba2cb59-2530-40f5-a9b1-16b6265567d0&idx=0


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LACMA

note: The source of provenance text for artworks at LACMA is the Getty Provenance Index or RKD where LACMA does not publish provenance online.

AMBERGER, CHRISTOPH

Portrait of Johann Jakob Fugger(?)

Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
M.68.33
wood

in ca. 1912
Trautmannsdorf, Graf. Schloss Friedau, Österreich

in ca. 1927
Isbary, Gräfin. Wien, Österreich (from Trautmannsdorf)

- ca. 1968
Windischgrätz, Prinszessin. Wien, Österreich (by inheritance from her mother, Gräfin Isbary)

ca. 1968 - 1968 Mont, (Frederick), Inc.. New York, NY, USA (dealer; from Windischgrätz)

1968 -
Los Angeles, CA, USA. Los Angeles County Museum of Art (purchased from Mont)"
"
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BOSCOLI, ANDREA

The Triumph of Mordecai (?)

Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
48.10 [deaccessioned]
canvas

- 1948 Mont, (Frederick), Inc., and Newhouse Galleries. New York, NY, USA (dealer)Newhouse Galleries, and Mont, (Frederick), Inc.. New York, NY, USA

1948 - 1992
Los Angeles, CA, USA. Los Angeles County Museum of Art (gift of Newhouse Galleries and Dr. Frederick Mont)"
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DIEPENBEECK, ABRAHAM JANSZ. VAN

The Deposition

Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
68.1
wood

19th c.
France. Anonymous collection

1967/03/07 (0006)
N sale (Palais Galliera) Paris
- 1967
N, Mr. and Mrs.. Paris, France

Conde Nast. New York, NY, USA? (corporate collection?)
[Conde Nast is parent company of Glamour Magazine, etc.]

- 1968 Mont, (Frederick), Inc.. New York, NY, USA (dealer)

1968 -
Los Angeles, CA, USA. Los Angeles County Museum of Art (from Mont)"
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LASTMAN, PIETER PIETERSZ.

Hagar and the Angel

Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
M.85.117
wood

Paris, France. Anonymous collection

Didier-Aaron. Paris, France

- 1976 Mont, Frederick. New York, NY, USA

- 1985
Solomon, Bernard, Mr. and Mrs. (on loan to Los Angeles County Museum of Art)

1985 -
Los Angeles, CA, USA. Los Angeles County Museum of Art (from Solomon sale; purchased with funds provided by Ahmanson Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. Steward Resnick, Anna Bing Arnold, Dr. Armand Hammer, and Edward Carter in honor of Kenneth Donahue)

(note: image from LACMA)


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MORAZZONE (PIER FRANCESCO MAZZUCCHELLI)

Saint Francis' Vision of the Musical Angel

Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
M.73.6
canvas

Italia. Private collection

Mont, (Frederick), Inc.. New York, NY, USA

- 1973
Los Angeles, CA, USA. The Ahmanson Foundation (from Mont)

1973 -
Los Angeles, CA, USA. Los Angeles County Museum of Art (gift of Ahmanson Foundation)"
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RUBENS, PETER PAUL

The Holy Family with the Dove

Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
53.27
wood

bef. 1918 - ca. 1928
Kospoth, Count. Schloss Schön-Briese, Silesia, Polska

in 1930
Nebehay, Gustav. Berlin, Deutschland

1939/05/26 (0243)
Oberlaender sale (Parke-Bernet) New York
- 1939
Oberlaender, Gustav

1939 - still in 1947 Mont, (Frederick), Inc.. New York, NY, USA (bought at Oberlaender sale)

aft. 1947 - 1953
Sanborn, Charles Frye, Dr.. Los Angeles, CA, USA (from Mont)

1953 -
Los Angeles, CA, USA. Los Angeles County Museum of Art (purchased from Dr. Sanborn)

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retrieved ULAN Jan 27 2020 http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500437571

For more on artworks handled by Frederick Mont and what it means to find his name in the provenance of an artwork, see:

• Galerie Sanct Lucas   and  Mont, Frederick   at the Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America

• Fritz Mont, Frederick Mondschein and Galerie Sanct Lucas  

• Mondschein, Adolf Fritz and Mont, Frederick at the RKD

Born in Vienna in 1894 as Fritz Adolf Mondschein, the art dealer owned and directed the Galerie Sanct Lucas. He was closely connected to the dealer Victor Spark (1898-1991) and the Newhouse Galleries. He emigrated to the United States in the 1930s.

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Date Published: January 27, 2020
Published by: Open Art Data
Author: OAD
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