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)

Provenance

Acquisition from the VUGESTA/GESTAPO

Committee

Viennese Commission for Restitution

Pendency

The art restitution proceedings have been concluded.

Recommendation

The committee in charge has established the owners or their legal successors and has recommended to restore to them the art or cultural object.

Committee in charge

City of Vienna, executive city councillor in charge (municipal authorities)

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 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.

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