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Subject:
World War, 1939-1945  Search this
Type:
Photographs
Date:
1945
Place of publication, production, or execution:
No place, unknown, or undetermined
Physical Description:
1 slide : b&w ; 5 x 5 cm.
Summary:
Two soldiers holding Jan Vermeer's <em>The Astronomer</em> at the Altaussee salt mine in Austria. <br>Identification (handwritten): Rothschild Vermeer in mine. <br>One of 51 slides accompanying a taped recording of Lamont Moore's lecture <em>Salt Mines and Castles</em>.
Citation:
Soldiers with Jan Vermeer's The Astronomer, 1945. Salt Mines and Castles : lecture, by Lamont Moore, 1983 October 11/. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Use Note:
Current copyright status is undetermined
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560
Topic:
Art and war  Search this
Soldiers  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA)10017
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Salt Mines and Castles : lecture, by Lamont Moore, 1983 October 11/
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_item_10017