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Question 1:
Coming from the Vienna Rothschilds in the 1960's, a client, at the time, turned this
painting down as too risque.
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Question 2:
Purchased in the famous Murat auction of 1961 it was quickly snapped up by the Cleveland
Museum.
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Question 3:
One of a pair of paintings from the Franco/Swiss Rothschilds, the other one can be found
in the Thyssen Collection in Madrid.
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Question 4:
This portrait came from the Vienna Rothschilds in the 1950's and represents the founder of
the first public museum.
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Question 5:
Contrary to today's headlines, not all paintings coming from German Collections after
World War II are Nazi war loot. This painting was in the Koppel family collection from
1912 until 1950.
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Question 6:
We bought and sold this drawing twice before it found its final resting place at the
Morgan Library.
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Question 7:
This drawing from the famous Punchinello series was part of Samuel Kress's private
collection until he gave it to a friend.
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Question 8:
We acquired this clock for our Neo-Gothic exhibition, "Knights & Spires" and
a curator flew in to buy it before the opening, for an exhibition that they were
preparing.
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Question 9:
These oversize pieces came from the von Pannwitz family. Their collection was formed
mostly in Germany before World War I, and their relationship with our gallery spans three
generations.
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Question 10:
From the French Rothschilds in the 1970's this was a clock with enough dials to make The
Sharper Image proud, but retained no clockworks inside.
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