Elderly gentleman in black frock coat, red waistcoat and black cravat
Restitution status: Return to the heirs has occurred
Categories: Paintings / Watercolours
Object Data
Artist
Museum
Inventory Number
28104
Description
Watercolour on ivory
Material
Ivory
Motif
Portraits
Period
1st half of the 19th Century, 2nd half of the 19th Century
Provenance Data
Former owner according to museum / collection
Bittmann, Rudolf
Acquisition from the art market/antique shop
Provenance according to museum / collection
Rudolf Bittmann; acquired at Auction Auction House Adolf Weinmüller, Viennese branch, auction 8 to 10 December 1938, lot 555
Art Restitution Advisory Board
The Art Restitution Advisory Board has decided on the restitution of the art.
The Art Restitution Advisory Board has recommended that the art or cultural object is to be restored to the owners or their legal successors.
Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport
No decision has been reached so far.
The art or cultural object is kept in the museum/in the collection.
Annotations
In its meeting of 18 August 2000 the Advisory Board unanimously reached the following decision: The Advisory Board recommends to the Federal Minister for Education, Science and Culture that the hereinafter called art objects from the graphic collection of the Albertina be handed over to the heirs of Rudolf Bittmann. The object was handed over to the heirs on April 29. 2013.
Request Object
© Art restitution National Fund of the Republic Austria for Victims of National Socialism