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National Gallery of Art Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON: December 14 NEWS RELEASE National Gallery of Art Washington, D. C. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON: December 14: The Honorable Harlan Piske Stone, Chief Justice of the United States and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Gallery of Art, announced today that, at the request of the Secretary of State, the Trustees of the National Gallery had agreed to accept custody of the paintings from German museums which might be brought to this country for safe-keeping until conditions in Germany insuring their proper care have been reestablished. He stated that about two hundred paintings had arrived at the Gallery, having been safely transported to this country by the United States Army, and that arrangements are now being made to store these paintings in the Gallery's air-conditioned storage rooms. The Chief Justice added that he felt the United States Army deserved the highest praise for the care exercised in salvaging these great works of art and in making provision for their safety until they can be returned to Germany. National Gallery of Art - 2 - A list of the paintings which are now stored at the Gallery is appended hereto. The attached statements were released to the press by the White House on September 26, 1945, and by the War Department on December 6, 1945. ### LIST o? PAINTINGS Artist Title Albrecht Altdorfer Rest on the Plight Landscape with Satyr Family nativity Christ's Farewell to his Apostles Christoph Amberger Cosmographer Sebastian Mtlnster Jacopo Am i r; i one Lady as Diana Pra Angelico Last Judgment Austrian Ilaster (ca. 1400) C hr i s t, Mad onna St John Austrian Master (ca. 1410) Crucifixion Ilans Baldung-Grien Altar of Halle Graf Lbwensteln Lamentation for Christ Pyramus and Thisbe Giovanni Bellini The Resurrection Bohemian (ca. 1330) Glatyer Madonna Hieronymus Bosch St. John on Patmos Botticelli Giuliano de Medici, and frame Madonna of the Lilies St. Sebastian SImonetta Vespucci Venus Dirk Bouts Madonna and Child Virgin in Adoration Peter Breughel Dutch Proverbs Two Monkeys Angelo Bronzino Portrait of a Y'oung I'an Portrait of a Young Man Ugolino Martelli Ilans Burgkmair Holy Family Giovanni Battista Caracciolo Cosmas and Damian Caravaggio Amor Vittore Carpaccio Entombment of Christ Andrea del Castagno Assumption of the Virgin Chardin The Draughtsman Still Life Petrus Christus Portrait of a Girl St. Barbara and a Carthusian Monk Joos van Cleve Young Man Cologne Ilaster (ca. 1400) Life of Christ Cologne Ilaster (ca. 1350) Madonna Enthroned, Crucifixion Corregio Leda and the Swan Prancesco Coasa Allegory of Autumn -2- Artist Title Lucas Cranach Frau Reuss "Lucretia" Rest on the Flight Daumier Don Quixote Piero di Cosimo Mars, Venus and Amor Lorenzo di Credi Young Girl Albrecht Diirer Madonna Madonna with the Goldfinch Young \7oman Hieronymus IIoLzschuher Cover for Portrait of Ilieronymus Ilolzschuher Adam Elsheimer The Drunkenness of lloah Holy Family Landscape with V/eeping Magdalene St. Christopher Jean Fouquet Etienne Chevalier with St. Stephen French (ca. 1400) Coronation of the Virgin French Master (ca. 1400) Triptych Geertgen tot Sint Jans John the Baptist Madonna Giorgione Portrait of a Young Man Giotto Death of the Virgin Jan Gossaert Baudouin de Bourbon Christ on the Mountain Francesco Guard! The Balloon Ascension St. Mark's Plaza in Venice Piazzetta in Venice Frnns Hals Hllle Bobbe Tlurse and Child Portrait of a Young Man Portrait of Young VIoman Singing Boy Tyman Oosdorp Meindert Hobbema Landscape Ilans Holbein George Giesze Old Man Portrait of a Man Pieter de Hooch The Mother Party of Officers and Ladies '.71 Hem Kalf Still Life Still Life Philips Konninck Dutch Landscape Georges de La Tour St. Sebastian Filipnino Liopi Allegory of Music Fra Filippo Lippi Adoration of the Child Pietro Lorcnzetti St. Hunilitas Raises a Hun Death of St. Humilitas -3- Artlat Title Claude Lorrain Italian Coast Landscape Lorenzo Lotto Christ's Farewell to his Mother Dastiano Kainardi Portrait of a Man llanet In the 'Vintergarden Androa Mantegna Cardinal Mezzarota Presentation in the Temple Simon I.larmion Altar of St. Omer (two panels) Simone Martini Burial of Christ Masaccio Birth Platter Three Predellae Pour Saints Quint en I la say 3 Magdalene Master of Darmstadt Passion Altar './ings Master of Plemalle Crucifixion Portrait of a Man Master of Virgin Among Virgins Adoration of the Kings Hans Kemling Madonna Enthroned with Angels Madonna Enthroned Madonna and Child Lippo Memmi Madonna and Child Antonello da Messina Portrait of a Man Jan Mostaert Portrait of a Man Aelbert Ouvmter Raising of Lazarus Palma Vecchio Portrait of a Man Young '.7 oman Giovanni Paolo Pannini Colosseum Giovanni di Paolo Christ on the Cross Legend of St. Clara Joachim Patinir Rest on the Plight Sebastiano del Piombo Roman Matron San Dago Knight Antonio Pollaiuolo David Nicolas Poussin St. Matthaus Amaltea Raphael Madonna Diotalevi Madonna Terranova Solly Madonna Rembrandt Landscape with Bridge John the Baptist Joseph and Potinhar's '.7ife Vision of Daniel Moses Breaking Law Tablets Susanna and the Elders Tobias and the Angel Minerva Rape of Proserpina Self Portrait Ilendricke Stoeffels Man with Gold Helmet Old Man with Red Hat Rabbi Saskia -4- Artist Title Rubens Landscape ( shipwreck of Aeneas) St. Cecilia Madonna Enthroned with Saints Andromeda Perseus and Andromeda Isabella Brandt Jacob van Ruisdael Haarlem View Sassetta Legend of St. Francis Mass of St. Francis Hartin Schongauer Nativity Seghers Landscape Luca Signorelli Three Saints (Altar '-'/ing) Three Saints (Altar V/ing) Portrait of a Man Francesco Squarclone Iladonna and Child Jan Steen Inn Garden The Christening Bernardo Strozzi Judith Gerard Terborch The Concert Fatherly Advice Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Carrying of the Cross St. Agatha Rinaldo and Armida Tintoretto Doge Mocenigo Old Man Titian Venus with Organ Player Self Portrait Lavinia Portrait of a Young Man Strozzi Child Cosma Tura St. Christopher St. Sebastian Adriaen van der Velde The Farm Roger Van der Ilarienaltar J ohanne 3 a 1 1 a r Bladelin Altar Portrait of a Woman Charles the Bold ;jan Van Eyck Crucifixion Madonna in the Church Giovanni Arnolfini Man with a Pink Knight of the Golden Fleece Lucas van Leyden Chess Players Madonna and Child Velasquez Alesaandro del Borro Countess Olivares Domenico Vencziano Adoration of the Kings Martyrdon of St. Lucy Portrait of a Young V/oman -5- Artist Title Vermoer Young './oman with a Pearl Necklace Man and "Voman Drinking \7ine Androa del Verrocchio Madonna and Child Madonna and Child V/attoau Fete Champetre French Comedians Italian Comedians Westphalian Master (ca. 1250) Triptych Konrad '71 tz Crucifixion Decision of Redemption.
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