Albert Pontremoli

M.Albert Pontremoli
M.Albert Pontremoli
Personal details
Profession	Judge, lawyer, magistrate

Albert Pontremoli, also known as M. Albert Pontremoli, (Nice, 1862 - Paris, 1923), was a French art collector, lawyer and magistrate of Italian origin.

Biography[edit]

Albert Pontremoli was born in Nice to Eleonora Pontremoli (born in Nice in 1839 and died in Paris in 1890), daughter of the Grand Rabbi of Nice Eliseo Pontremoli, and Salvador Pontremoli (born in 1814 and died in 1882). His sister, Rebecca, was married to French official Gaston Moch, from whom she had the well-known politician Jules Moch. On his mother's side he was a first cousin of Emmanuel Pontremoli, Pio Pontremoli and Enrico Pontremoli.^[1]

After studying law, he began working as a lawyer. He later joined the French Court of Appeal where he would work for part of his career, ending it at the French Ministry of the Navy.^[2]

Art collector[edit]

He was particularly interested in Impressionist painting, under the influence of his cousins Emmanuel and Albert Hecht. He personally got to know some impressionist painters such as Édouard Manet.^[3]

His private collection, one of the most comprehensive, included works by the most important exponents of Impressionism including Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Claude Monet, Camille Claudel, Eugène Boudin as well as Eugène Delacroix, Eugène Carrière.^[4]^[5] Following his death in late 1923 in Paris, his heirs auctioned off his entire large private collection. The sale was divided into three sessions: two in Paris, in July and November 1924, and one in London, in December of the same year.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Collection M.Albert Pontremoli[edit]

Delacroix[edit]

Faust e Mefistofele nella locanda, Eugène Delacroix nel 1825 attualmente presso Houghton Library, Harvard Usa.
Faust, Margherita e Mefistofele in strada, Eugène Delacroix nel 1825 attualmente presso Houghton Library, Harvard Usa.

Jacques De Saint-Aubin[edit]

Traces d'une silhouette d'homme de profil, Gabriel-Jacques De Saint-Aubin nel 1864.

Boudin[edit]

Donne sulla spiaggia di Berck, 1881 Eugène Boudin, currently at the National Gallery of Art.^[9]

Renoir[edit]

Ritratto di Théodore de Banville, 1882 Pierre-Auguste Renoir currently at the Parigi Museo d'Orsay.

Rodin[edit]

Young Girl Confiding Her Secret to Isis (Jeune fille confiant son secret à Isis) 1899 Auguste Rodin currently at the Cleveland Museum of Art.^[10]
Ugolin, Auguste Rodin nel 1881.
Il genio buono, Auguste Rodin nel 1890 currently in a private collection in New York.^[11]

Pissarro[edit]

Woman Bathing Her Feet in a Brook Camille Pissarro 1894 currently at the Art Institute of Chicago.^[12]

Il mercato di Gisors gran via, Camille Pissarro nel 1885.

Après le bain, Camille Pissarro nel 1881.

Notes[edit]

^ Abensur-Hazan, Laurence (1997). Les Pontremoli, deux dynasties rabbiniques en Turquie et en Italie: sources et documents (in French). L. Abensur-Hazan. ISBN 978-2-9511711-0-7.
^ Aboulker, Marie (2020-01-02). Trajectoires philanthropiques chez les élites juives: Le Comité de bienfaisance israélite de Paris (1880-1914). Iggybook. ISBN 978-2-304-04787-5.
^ Catalogue des tableaux modernes par Carrière, Guillaume, Hermann-Paul, Luce, Pissaro, Sisley, etc., aquarelles, dessins, pastels par Andrieux, Anquetin, Charlet, Dalou, Daumier, Delacroix, Doré, Forain, Fromentin, Guys, Hervier, Ibels, Lançon, Pissaro, Raffaelli, Raffet, Renoir, Rodin, Rops, Rousseau, Henry Somm, sculptures par Alfred Barye, David d'Angers, V. Peter, Ponsin, Ringel d'Illzach, Rodin, Roty composant la collection de M. Albert Pontremoli : première vente, par suite de décès, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, salle 1, le mercredi 11 juin 1924 à deux heures, commissaire-priseur Me Henri Baudouin. 1924.
^ Brettell, Richard R. (1986). An Impressionist Legacy: The Collection of Sara Lee Corporation. Abbeville Press. ISBN 978-0-89659-677-1.
^ Allard, Sébastien; Fabre, Côme; Font-Réaulx, Dominique de; Hannoosh, Michèle; Korchane, Mehdi; Miller, Asher (2018-09-12). Delacroix. Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 978-1-58839-651-8.
^ "Provenance". www.nga.gov. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
^ "The Daumier Register Digital Work Catalogue". www.daumier-register.org. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
^ Drouot; Commissaire-priseur, Baudoin Henri >; Expert, Schoeller André (1879-1955 ; expert) > (1924-06-11), Catalogue des tableaux modernes par Carrière, Guillaumin, Hermann-Paul, Luce, Pissarro, Sisley, etc., aquarelles, dessins, pastels, par Andrieux, Anquetin, Charlet, Dalou, Daumier, Delacroix, Doré, Forain, Fromentin, Guys, Hervier, Ibels, Lançon, Pissarro, Raffaelli, Raffet, Renoir, Rodin, Rops, Rousseau, Henry Somm, etc., sculptures par Alfred Barye, David d'Angers, V. Peter, Ponsin, Ringel d'Illzach, Rodin, Roty, composant la collection de M. Albert Pontremoli, dont la première vente, par suite de décès, aura lieu à Paris, Hôtel Drouot, salle N°1, le mercredi 11 juin 1924, à deux heures, Drouot ; Impr Georges Petit, Bibliothèque de l'Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art, collections Jacques Doucet, retrieved 2023-11-02{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Boudin, Eugène (1881), Women on the Beach at Berck, retrieved 2023-11-02
^ Anonymous (2018-10-31). "Young Girl Confiding Her Secret to Isis (Jeune fille confiant son secret à Isis)". Cleveland Museum of Art. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
^ "Property from the Estate of G.H. Clifford Smith Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) Le bon génie".
^ Art Institute of Chicago. "Woman Bathing Her Feet in a Brook Date:1894/95 Artist: Camille Pissarro". Provenance: Albert Pontremoli, Paris, by April, 1904 [per Pissarro and Snollaerts, 2005]; sold Albert Pontremoli Sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, June 11, 1924, lot 136 (ill.) to Dr. Janos Plesch, Berlin, for 37,700 francs [per Hôtel Drouot sale cat. 1924]; Paul Rosenberg and Co., New York, by 1939 [this and the three following per material prepared by Richard-Raymond Alasko, May 1985, curatorial object file and Pissarro and Snollaerts, 2005]; sold to Mrs. John Astor, New York. E and A. Silberman Gallery, New York, by 1951; sold to Nathan Cummings, Chicago, January 25, 1952; transferred to Consolidated Foods Nathan Cummings Collection (Sara Lee Corporation), 1980; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1999.

Bibliography[edit]

Albert Pontremoli, Galleria Nazionale degli Stati Uniti d'America

External links[edit]

Collezione Albert Pontremoli, dell'Istitut National d'Historie de art.

[1] Abensur-Hazan, Laurence (1997). Les Pontremoli, deux dynasties rabbiniques en Turquie et en Italie: sources et documents (in French). L. Abensur-Hazan. ISBN 978-2-9511711-0-7.

[2] Aboulker, Marie (2020-01-02). Trajectoires philanthropiques chez les élites juives: Le Comité de bienfaisance israélite de Paris (1880-1914). Iggybook. ISBN 978-2-304-04787-5.

[3] Catalogue des tableaux modernes par Carrière, Guillaume, Hermann-Paul, Luce, Pissaro, Sisley, etc., aquarelles, dessins, pastels par Andrieux, Anquetin, Charlet, Dalou, Daumier, Delacroix, Doré, Forain, Fromentin, Guys, Hervier, Ibels, Lançon, Pissaro, Raffaelli, Raffet, Renoir, Rodin, Rops, Rousseau, Henry Somm, sculptures par Alfred Barye, David d'Angers, V. Peter, Ponsin, Ringel d'Illzach, Rodin, Roty composant la collection de M. Albert Pontremoli : première vente, par suite de décès, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, salle 1, le mercredi 11 juin 1924 à deux heures, commissaire-priseur Me Henri Baudouin. 1924.

[4] Brettell, Richard R. (1986). An Impressionist Legacy: The Collection of Sara Lee Corporation. Abbeville Press. ISBN 978-0-89659-677-1.

[5] Allard, Sébastien; Fabre, Côme; Font-Réaulx, Dominique de; Hannoosh, Michèle; Korchane, Mehdi; Miller, Asher (2018-09-12). Delacroix. Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 978-1-58839-651-8.

[6] "Provenance". www.nga.gov. Retrieved 2023-11-02.

[7] "The Daumier Register Digital Work Catalogue". www.daumier-register.org. Retrieved 2023-11-02.

[8] Drouot; Commissaire-priseur, Baudoin Henri >; Expert, Schoeller André (1879-1955 ; expert) > (1924-06-11), Catalogue des tableaux modernes par Carrière, Guillaumin, Hermann-Paul, Luce, Pissarro, Sisley, etc., aquarelles, dessins, pastels, par Andrieux, Anquetin, Charlet, Dalou, Daumier, Delacroix, Doré, Forain, Fromentin, Guys, Hervier, Ibels, Lançon, Pissarro, Raffaelli, Raffet, Renoir, Rodin, Rops, Rousseau, Henry Somm, etc., sculptures par Alfred Barye, David d'Angers, V. Peter, Ponsin, Ringel d'Illzach, Rodin, Roty, composant la collection de M. Albert Pontremoli, dont la première vente, par suite de décès, aura lieu à Paris, Hôtel Drouot, salle N°1, le mercredi 11 juin 1924, à deux heures, Drouot ; Impr Georges Petit, Bibliothèque de l'Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art, collections Jacques Doucet, retrieved 2023-11-02{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[9] Boudin, Eugène (1881), Women on the Beach at Berck, retrieved 2023-11-02

[10] Anonymous (2018-10-31). "Young Girl Confiding Her Secret to Isis (Jeune fille confiant son secret à Isis)". Cleveland Museum of Art. Retrieved 2023-11-02.

[11] "Property from the Estate of G.H. Clifford Smith Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) Le bon génie".

[12] Art Institute of Chicago. "Woman Bathing Her Feet in a Brook Date:1894/95 Artist: Camille Pissarro". Provenance: Albert Pontremoli, Paris, by April, 1904 [per Pissarro and Snollaerts, 2005]; sold Albert Pontremoli Sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, June 11, 1924, lot 136 (ill.) to Dr. Janos Plesch, Berlin, for 37,700 francs [per Hôtel Drouot sale cat. 1924]; Paul Rosenberg and Co., New York, by 1939 [this and the three following per material prepared by Richard-Raymond Alasko, May 1985, curatorial object file and Pissarro and Snollaerts, 2005]; sold to Mrs. John Astor, New York. E and A. Silberman Gallery, New York, by 1951; sold to Nathan Cummings, Chicago, January 25, 1952; transferred to Consolidated Foods Nathan Cummings Collection (Sara Lee Corporation), 1980; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1999.

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