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Two candelabras

Restitution status: Heirs being sought

Object Data

Title Two candelabras
Artist/Author Heinisch, Josef
Museum/Collection MAK - Austrian Museum of Applied Arts/Contemporary Art (MAK - Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst/Gegenwartskunst)
Inventory number/Shelfmark H.I. 29.643 / Go 1849 / 1-2
Description Silver, wrought, cast, Vienna, 1804
Material Silver
Height 25,60 cm
Width 11,40 cm
Period 1st half of the 19th Century

Provenance Data

Former owner according to museum/collection Wunderlich, Isak
Provenance Purchase from the Dorotheum 1938-45
Provenance according to museum/collection February 4, 1942, acquired from the Auction House Dorotheum
Committee in charge Art Restitution Advisory Board
Examination The Art Restitution Advisory Board has decided on the restitution of the art.
Recommendation The Art Restitution Advisory Board has recommended that the art or cultural object is to be restored to the owners or their legal successors.
Committee in charge Federal Minister for Education, the Arts and Culture
Decision No decision has been reached so far.
Implementation The art or cultural object is kept in the museum/in the collection.
Annotations In its meeting of September 22, 2010 the Advisory Board unanimously reached the following decision: The Advisory Board recommends to the Federal Minister for Education, the Arts and Culture that the mentioned objects be handed over to the legal successors of Isak Wunderlich. The aforementioned objects are listed in the enclosed file and designated with ‘§ 14 transfers-Isak Wunderlich’.
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