Duc d'Arenberg Collection
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Jacques Seligmann & Co
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content: Jacques Seligmann & Co. records
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content: Jacques Seligmann & Co. records / Series 2: Collectors Files
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
label: Date
content: 1948-1963
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.jacqself, Subseries 2.3
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: Material is arranged in chronological order under subject headings. The bulk of this series has been scanned with the exception of some printed material.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: In 1951 Jacques Seligmann & Co., Inc., negotiated to sell the private family collection of the Duc d'Arenberg. Collection items under Seligmann's care included nineteen illuminated manuscripts and three paintings: Jan Vermeer's Portrait of a Young Girl, Antoine Watteau's Marriage Contract, and Rembrandt van Rijn's Tobias Healing His Father. This subseries documents the activities undertaken by the firm in carrying out the sale of the collection through correspondence and contracts, along with details of financial and legal actions taken pertaining to the sale and transfer of collection items. The subseries also contains historical information and reference files for items in the collection.