Finely crafted art objects once in Nazi possession are now at home at the MFA, Boston. The collection of 186 objects, originally owned by Baron and Baroness Alphonse and Clarice de Rothschild of Vienna, includes European decorative arts, furniture, prints, drawings, paintings, and personal objects including jewelry and jeweled objects, miniatures, and rare books, and is a gift of the heirs of Bettina Looram de Rothschild, who was a daughter of the Baron and Baroness. The exhibition Restoring a Legacy Rothschild Family Treasures is on view at the MFA until 06.21.15. For more info, please visit here.
Image: Probably by John and George Hannett, Bonbonniere mounted with a timepiece, about 1765. Agate and gold. Gift of the heirs of Bettina Looram de Rothschild. Image courtesy of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.