Elephant with rider
Restitution status: Dubiousness is still to be clarified
Categories: Sculpture
Object Data
Artist
Museum
Inventory Number
H.I. 30.347 / Ke 07990
Description
Figure colourfully painted: magenta (elephant), edged in white blue (Chinese person riding), yellow (the saddle blanket, the cap), faience, Delft, around 1700
Material
Clay
Height
25.5 cm
Period
17th Century
Provenance Data
Former owner according to museum / collection
Former owner unknown
Acquisition from the art market/antique shop
Provenance according to museum / collection
July 19, 1944, acquired from the Auction House Weinmüller, Vienna, Auction XVII, July 19 - 20, 1944
Art Restitution Advisory Board
The questionable nature of the provenance of the art or cultural object is being or has been examined by the museum/the collection/the Commission for Provenance Research. So far, the case has not been dealt with by the Art Restitution Advisory Board.
No recommendation has been issued yet.
Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport
No decision has been reached so far.
The art or cultural object is kept in the museum/in the collection.
Annotations
Up till now no previous owner of the object can yet be reported. Through publicity, provenance research at the MAK hopes for further information.
Request Object
© Art restitution National Fund of the Republic Austria for Victims of National Socialism