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Sacre et Couronnement de Louis XVI, Roi de France et de Navarre: À Rheims, le 11 Juin 1775 ; Précédé de Recherches sur le Sacre des Rois de France, Depuis Clovis Jusqu'à Louis XV ; et Suivi d'un Journal Historique de ce qui s'est Passé à Cette Auguste Cérémonie
Thomas-Jean Pichon (French, 1731–1812)
1775
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with etchings and engravings
Dimensions
Overall: 20 x 13.5 x 4 cm (7 7/8 x 5 5/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the heirs of Bettina Looram de Rothschild
Accession Number2015.66
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Description(À Paris, Chez Vente, Libraire des Menus Plaisirs du Roi, 1775); xvi, 190, 124 p. [40] : 10 fold. plates, 39 ports., fold. map; 18th-century red morocco with gilt, foliate stamping, gilt edges
ProvenanceNathaniel von Rothschild (b. 1836 - d. 1905), Vienna [see note 1]; by descent to his nephew, Alphonse de Rothschild (b. 1878 - d. 1942) and Clarice de Rothschild (b. 1894 - d. 1967), Vienna; 1938, confiscated from Alphonse and Clarice de Rothschild by Nazi forces and taken to the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna (no. 686348-B) [see note 2]; August 17, 2004, removed from the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek and returned to Alphonse and Clarice de Rothschild's daughter, Bettina Looram de Rothschild (b. 1924 - d. 2012); by descent to her heirs; 2015, gift of the heirs of Bettina Looram de Rothschild to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 25, 2015)
NOTES:
[1] Inventar über die in den Nathaniel Freiherr von Rothschild'schen Nachlass gehörigen, in dem Palais in Wien, IV. Bezirk, Theresianumgasse Nr. 14 befindlichen Kunstgegenstände und Einrichtungsstücke (Vienna, 1906), p. 371, no. 498.
[2] With the Anschluss, or annexation of Austria to Nazi Germany in March, 1938, the possessions of Alphonse and Clarice de Rothschild were seized and expropriated almost immediately by Nazi forces. The contents of their library were taken directly to the Nationalbibliothek, or National Library. Most but not all of the books and manuscripts were returned to Clarice de Rothschild immediately after World War II. In 2004, upon the recommendation of the Austrian Commission for Provenance Research, the objects that remained in the National Library were released by the Austrian State and returned to Bettina Looram de Rothschild.
NOTES:
[1] Inventar über die in den Nathaniel Freiherr von Rothschild'schen Nachlass gehörigen, in dem Palais in Wien, IV. Bezirk, Theresianumgasse Nr. 14 befindlichen Kunstgegenstände und Einrichtungsstücke (Vienna, 1906), p. 371, no. 498.
[2] With the Anschluss, or annexation of Austria to Nazi Germany in March, 1938, the possessions of Alphonse and Clarice de Rothschild were seized and expropriated almost immediately by Nazi forces. The contents of their library were taken directly to the Nationalbibliothek, or National Library. Most but not all of the books and manuscripts were returned to Clarice de Rothschild immediately after World War II. In 2004, upon the recommendation of the Austrian Commission for Provenance Research, the objects that remained in the National Library were released by the Austrian State and returned to Bettina Looram de Rothschild.