Emperor's gratitude
Restitution status: Return to the heirs has occurred
Categories: Paintings / Oil Paintings
Object Data
Artist
Museum
Inventory Number
70.233
Description
Oil on canvas. Signed at the bottom right: 'Ludwig Koch / 1915'
Height
115 cm
Width
85 cm
Motif
Allegories and histories
Period
20th Century
Provenance Data
Former owner according to museum / collection
Klinkhoff, Hans (Johann)
Acquisition from the VUGESTA/GESTAPO
Viennese Commission for Restitution
The art restitution proceedings have been concluded.
The committee in charge has established the owners or their legal successors and has recommended to restore to them the art or cultural object.
City of Vienna, executive city councillor in charge (municipal authorities)
The body in charge has decided to restore the art or cultural object to the owners or their legal successors.
The art or cultural object is kept in the museum/in the collection.
Annotations
Sixth Report on Restitution, Vienna November 15, 2005 (p. 236): 'At the meeting of October 19, 2004, the Viennese Commission on Restitution has unanimously come to the conclusion that the acquisitions of the municipal collections from the Vugesta can in general be regarded as objects of art which can be restituted.' On July 7, 2009, the Restitution Commission Vienna decided that the painting at issue was to be handed over to the legal successors of KR Ing. Hans (Johann) Klinkhoff. The transfer took place on September 2, 2009. The heirs transferred the ownership to the Vienna Museum as a gift.
Request Object
© Art restitution National Fund of the Republic Austria for Victims of National Socialism