Dec 29, 2017

Dorotheum Sales from 1938-1945

Dorotheum: Purchases In Netherlands And Belgium. NARA https://www.fold3.com/image/269977839

Dorotheumsankäufe 1938 - 1945

(see site archive and lootedart for downloadable PDF)

Inv. Nr. Objekt
59.297 Gemälde, unbekannter Maler, Porträt Johann III. Sobieski, Öl/Lwd.,
Rahmen 115 x 94 cm

59.766 Zusammenlegspiel „Quodlibet“, Biedermeier, unter Glas, in Originalkarton
39,5 x 49,3 cm

60.181 Gemälde, Hans Canon, Die Fischverkäuferin, 1860, sign. u. dat., Öl/Lwd.,
Rahmen 158 x 126 cm

60.183 Porzellanschüssel, oval, Gitterrand bemalt mit roter Rocailleverzierung,
im Spiegel bunter Streublumendekor, Blaumarke, Mitte 18. Jh.

60.185 Porzellan, Schale mit Untertasse, überhöhter Schlangenhenkel, Darstellung
vorne: Danae und der Goldregen, sonst Goldplättchendekor auf weißem
Grund, Tasse innen vergoldet, Wien, Blaumarke, Jahresstempel 1815,
Höhe 9,8 cm

60.186 Porzellangruppe, bemalt, Kavalier auf Schlittschuhen reicht einer neben
ihm sitzenden Dame einen Schlittschuh, Wien, Blaumarke, Mitte 18. Jh.,
Höhe 12,5 cm

Dec 27, 2017

Art Dealers and Art Historians: Authorities Identifiers by the Numbers

Linked Open Data queries need authoritative identifiers to work across platforms.


QUESTION: 
Which are the most used identifiers for art dealers, art historians, art dealers and art collectors who exist in Wikidata?

Below are Wikidata Sparql Queries that show the authorities that are most used for referencing art dealers and art historians in Wikidata.

(VIAF wins hands down.) 


ART DEALERS : VIAF, LCCN, RKD...




ART HISTORIANS





ART COLLECTORS











Wikidata Query for Most Used Identifiers for Art Dealers

SELECT ?propertyLabel ?propertyDescription ?count WHERE {
{
SELECT ?propertyclaim (COUNT(*) AS ?count) WHERE {
?item wdt:P106 wd:Q173950.
?item wdt:P31 wd:Q5.
?item ?propertyclaim _:b2.
}
GROUP BY ?propertyclaim
}
?property wikibase:propertyType wikibase:ExternalId.
?property wdt:P31 wd:Q19595382.
?property wikibase:claim ?propertyclaim.
SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "en". }
}
ORDER BY DESC(?count)
LIMIT 100

Nov 20, 2017

OSS Art Looting Investigation Unit Reports 1945-1946: Guide to Online PDFs and Searchable Texts - Part 1

OSS Art Looting Investigation Unit: Where (Online) to Find All of the Reports Published from 1945-1946

This is the first part in a multi-part survey of available online resources for consulting and searching the Art Looting Investigation Unit Reports in English.
(Unfortunately, we were not able to locate translations in French, German, Spanish, Italian or Russian. If you know of a resource that has translated the ALIU Reports and Red Flag Name list into languages other than English, please add in the comments.)

Status August 2017: The ALIU reports are held by NARA. Online researchers can find pieces of the ALIU Reports on a variety of sites - LootedArt.com, NARA, Fold3, Loyola, EHRI and dfs.ny.gov, but, at present, there does not seem to be one place where ALL of the contents can be downloaded and viewed both in photographs of the original report and in searchable and machine-readable text.