Richard Zinser (Q60220571)
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art dealer
- R. H. Zinser
- Richard H. Zinser
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Richard Zinser |
art dealer |
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Statements
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The MFA's curator of prints, Henry Preston Rossiter, admitted to FBI agents in 1941 he knew that one dealer, Richard Zinser, whose works he bought routinely had been imprisoned in Germany for smuggling. Rossiter bought prints from Zinser, including valuable works by Albrecht Durer, even though, the FBI report noted, Rossiter said Zinser "never reveals where he obtains his works." (English)
ProvenanceHenry Brodhurst (Lugt 1296); Baron Adalbert von Lanna (1836-1909), Prague, Bohemia (Lugt 2773); Otto Gerstenberg (Lugt 1840c); Harris G. Whittemore (Lugt 1384a); Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b) purchased from Richard Zinser 1952; given to the National Gallery of Art 1952 (English)
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Chicago File No. 65-1372 RICHARD H. ZINSER reported to be selling in the Untied States very valuable pictures owned by the German Government. the proceeds of which run into milions of dollars. (English)
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a wartime FBI report suggesst that the Museum of Fine Arts was nonchalant about the origin of it acquisitions during he war. The MFA's curator of prints, Henry Peson Rossiter, admitted to FBI agents n 1941 he knw that one dealer, Richard Zinser, whose works he bought routinely had been imprisoned n Germnay for smuggling. Rossiter bought prints from Zinser, incuding valuable works by Albrecht Durer, even though, the FBI report noted, Rossiter said Zinser "never reveals where he obtains his works" (English)