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German master drawings from the Koenigs collection : return of a lost treasure / Albert J. Elen.
- Title
- German master drawings from the Koenigs collection : return of a lost treasure / Albert J. Elen.
- Author
- Elen, Albert J.
- Publication
- Rotterdam : NAi ; New York : D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers [distributor], c2004.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | NC249 .E54 2004 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
- Description
- 160 p. : ill. (some col.); 28 cm.
- Summary
- "This illustrated book marks the return of a lost treasure to the Netherlands. As part of the renowned Koenigs Collection in Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam, these 139 drawings and 3 prints were unlawfully obtained by the Nazis during the Second World War, together with a further 389 drawings. During the aftermath of the war this part of the collection disappeared. After a long quest a substantial share of the missing drawings was eventually found in Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. Subsequently, the Ukrainian authorities, recognizing the Netherlands' claim of ownership, decided to return these works of art to the Netherlands. The drawings are now reunited with the Koenigs Collection in Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen as a loan from the Netherlands Institute of Cultural Heritage." "Most of the recovered drawings are by 15th- and 16th-century German artists, including works by such famous draughtsmen as Hans Holbein, Hans Baldung Grien and Lucas Cranach. They have not been on public view for more than 64 years. Fifty have never even been illustrated before and as such represent new discoveries. All are reproduced here in full colour for the first time, many at actual size, with revised material data and attributions. They are presented to the world audience to admire and enjoy."--BOOK JACKET.
- Alternative Title
- Return of a lost treasure
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- exhibition catalogs.
- Exhibition catalogs
- Catalogues d'exposition.
- Note
- "... published on the occasion of the return of the German drawings from the Koenigs collection to the Netherlands and of their exhibition in Museum Boijmans Van Bueningen, Rotterdam (9 July-26 September 2004)"--Colophon.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Foreword / Leonid Kuchma -- Foreword / Jan Peter Balkenende -- Return of a lost treasure / Albert J. Elen -- Catalogue -- German drawings -- Non-German drawings -- Prints -- Drawings not yet located.
- ISBN
- 9056624172
- LCCN
- ^^2004450179
- OCLC
- 56626654
- SCSB-10151971
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library