Paintings from aristocratic collections in Slovenia on international art market: some new cases
Keywords:
aristocratic heritage, painting, collections, auctions, provenance, Slovenia, Second World War, safeguarding artworks, art export, Auersperg, Apfaltrer, Cobenzl, Mayer, Wurmbrand-Stuppach Georgievič, Peter Auwercx, Marija Auersperg Attems, Janez PotočnikAbstract
The article discusses a selection of artworks from aristocratic collections in Slovenia which, all except for one, crossed the state borders either during or immediately after the Second World War and only recently resurfaced on international art market. Five artworks are presented for the first time, supplementing the oeuvres of three painters active in Carniola and providing a closer insight into their origins in aristocratic residences and provenance prior their sales. Most of the paintings discussed in the article were transferred as to safeguard them before war plunder and post-war confiscations or exported at the time of the immigration from Slovenia, and subsequently self-initiatively sold abroad.
