Will the Hermitage return the Degas?

Author

Hochfield, Sylvia

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

ARTnews. 1995, Num. 3, Vol. 94, 48, 1 ill.

ISSN

0004-3273

Abstract (en)

Degas's 1875 painting Place de la Concorde is now housed in a secret depot in the Hermitage, Sankt Peterburg, after it was taken by Russian army trophy brigades during the second World War from a German collector. Although the heirs of the collector negotiated a deal two years ago with the Russian museum to recover about half of the collection, the Hermitage now says it has no power to repatriate the works of art involved. Mentions other collections that were appropriated by the Russians and which have still to be returned to their original owners or their heirs.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- France
• Painting
• France
• 1800-1900
• Degas, Edgar, 1834-1917
• Place de la Concorde
• Gosudarstvennyj Ėrmitaž||Sankt-Peterburg (RUS)
• Restitution
• World War (1939-1945)
• Booty
• Russian Federation
• Collectors
• Germany

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- France
• Peinture
• France
• 1800-1900
• Degas, Edgar, 1834-1917
• Place de la Concorde
• Gosudarstvennyj Ėrmitaž||Sankt-Peterburg (RUS)
• Restitution
• Guerre mondiale (1939-1945)
• Butin
• Russie, Fédération de
• Collectionneurs
• Allemagne

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19950701-00318886

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