The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of March 19, 2025
Plate: Diana and Acteon
1522
(Italian, 1465?–1553)
Diameter: 30.2 cm (11 7/8 in.)
Location: 118 Italian Renaissance
Description
Alfred Pringsheim was a German Jewish collector. During Kristallnacht, in November 1938, the SS seized Pringsheim's maiolica collection from his home in Munich. It was stored in the annex to the Bayerishches National Museum, Munich. In March 1939, the German Ministry of Trade authorized export of Pringsheim's maiolica collection to London for auction at Sotheby's, provided that 80% of the proceeds up to £20,000 and 70% of the remainder be paid to the German Gold Discount Bank in foreign currency. Pringsheim was to receive the remaining proceeds. In exchange, Pringsheim and his wife were allowed to emigrate to Switzerland. After the war, the Pringsheim heirs received restitution of the sale proceeds paid to the Reichsbank.- Pringsheim, Alfred, Annette von Eckardt, and Otto von Falke. Die Majolikasammlung Alfred Pringsheim in München. [Leiden]: A.W. Sijthoff, 1914. Reproduced: plate 128, cat. no. 250Sotheby & Co., London. Catalogue of the Renowned Collection of Italian Majolica: The Property of Dr. Alfred Pringsheim of Munich, the Second and Final Portion. July 19-20, 1939. Mentioned: p. 111, cat. no. 375; Reproduced: [opposite page 111], cat. no. 375Milliken, William. "Italian Majolica." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 27, no. 3 (March 1940): 32-25. Reproduced: front cover; Mentioned: p. 33 www.jstor.org
- Visions of Landscape: East and West. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982).CMA 1982: Visions of Landscape: East and West, February 17-March 21, 1982, no catalogue.
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Source URL:
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