Palais Rothschild
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Palais Rothschild refers to a number of palaces in Vienna, Austria, which were owned by members of the Austrian branch of the Rothschild banking family. Apart from their sheer size and elegance, they were famous for the huge collections of valuable paintings, statues, furniture, books and armour that they housed, another reflection of the family's vast wealth and prominent position.
The collections were confiscated by the
The palaces
The five main Rothschild palaces (Palais Rothschild) in Vienna were:
- Palais Albert Rothschild (demolished in 1954)
- Palais Nathaniel Rothschild (demolished after 1945)
- Palais Rothschild (Metternichgasse)
- Palais Rothschild (Prinz-Eugen-Straße)
- Palais Rothschild (Renngasse)
The Rothschild collections
The extensive art collections of
Since Austria regarded itself as a victim of
In the late 1990s, due to outside pressure from the United States, a more thorough examination of its role and behaviour during the Second World War took place in Austria. After long and tedious negotiations, the Austrian government agreed in 1999 to return or pay for the roughly 250 Rothschild art treasures that were looted by the Nazis and absorbed into Austrian State Museums. The items were restituted to the heirs in 1999.
Works from the Rothschild collection that used to be kept at the Kunsthistorisches Museum include:[1]
- Aelbert Cuyp, Landscape with Shepherd and Herd
- Frans Hals, Tielemann Roostermann
- Frans Hals, Portrait of a Man
- Frans Hals, Portrait of a Woman
- Hans de Jode, Muleteer
- Gabriel Metsu, Girl and Officer
- Isaac van Ostade, Stop at the inn
- Hyacinthe Rigaud, Count Philipp Ludwig Wenzel Sinzendorf
- David Teniers the Younger, Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in his gallery in Brussels
- Jan Wynants, Landscape with Hunters
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Frans Hals, Portrait of a Man
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Frans Hals, Portrait of a Woman
In the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere:
- Heinrich Angelt, Portrait of a Woman
See also
- History of Jews in Austria
- National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism
References
- ^ "Parlamentarische Materialien". Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved March 11, 2006.
Further reading
- Gabriele Anderl, Alexandra Caruso (ed.). NS-Kunstraub in Österreich und die Folgen. Studienverlag, Innsbruck-Vienna-Bozen. 2005. ISBN 3-7065-1956-9
- Michaela Feurstein, Gerhard Milchram. Jüdisches Wien. Boehlau Verlag, Vienna. 2001. ISBN 3-205-99094-3
- Peter Harclerode, Brendan Pittaway. Lost Masters. Welcome Rain Publishers. 2000. ISBN 1-56649-165-7
- ISBN 3-7076-0030-0
- Dieter Klein, Martin Kupf, Robert Schediwy (ed.). Stadtbildverluste Wien – Ein Rückblick auf fünf Jahrzehnte. LIT Verlag, Vienna. 2005. ISBN 3-8258-7754-X
- Sophie Lillie. Was einmal war: A Handbook of Vienna's Plundered Art Collections. Czernin Verlag, Vienna. 2003. ISBN 3-7076-0049-1
- Verena Pawlowsky, Harald Wendelin (ed.). Die Republik und das NS-Erbe. Band 1 der Reihe Raub und Rückgabe – Österreich von 1938 bis heute. Mandelbaum Verlag, Vienna. 2005. ISBN 3-85476-154-6
- Thomas Trenkler. Der Fall Rothschild: Chronik einer Enteignung. Czernin Verlag, Vienna. 1999. ISBN 3-85485-026-3