Cittern

Restitution status: Return to the heirs has occurred

Categories: Musical instruments

Object Data

 

Artist

Museum

Inventory Number

Kat. Nr. 284

Description

Cover made of hardwood, notches and bottom made of flamed maple with very regular, fine flames, thirteen tuning pegs, upper nut and bridge made for a single string and four three-chord positions, 12 frets

Material

Wood

Height

99.5 cm

Width

32 cm

Provenance Data

 

Former owner according to museum / collection

Felix and Josefine Löw-Beer

Provenance

Assignment/presentation from the public sector 1938-45

Provenance according to museum / collection

Entered the Collection of Old Musical Instruments for conservation on June 30, 1939 from the 'Zentraldepot für beschlagnahmten jüdischen Kulturbesitz' (Central Depot for Jewish Cultural Property)

Committee

Art Restitution Advisory Board

Pendency

The art restitution case is closed.

Recommendation

The Art Restitution Advisory Board has recommended that the art or cultural object is to be restored to the owners or their legal successors.

Committee in charge

Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport

Decision

The body in charge has decided to restore the art or cultural object to the owners or their legal successors.

Implementation

The art or cultural object was restituted to the owners or their legal successors.

Annotations

Not listed in the inventory of the Collection of Old Musical Instruments. Still bears the catalogue number of the Dorotheum.

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