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:

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