Siegfried (Fritz) Roubicek (born September 4, 1890 - died August 22, 1939)
Provenance
Purchase from a private collection
Provenance according to museum/collection
So called acquisition in 1938
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 28, 2007 the Advisory Board unanimously reached the following decision: The Advisory Board recommends to the Federal Minister for Education, the Arts and Culture that the 53 hummingbird-skins from the Natural History Museum in Vienna be restituted to the heirs of Siegfried Roubicek. The aforementioned objects are listed in the enclosed file and designated with 'Roubicek & Purm'.
