told Le Monde<\/a> newspaper earlier this week that the inclusion of these works in the Louvre’s holdings was \u201cunjustified\u201d. <\/p>\nAccording to the Rothschild archive, following the sudden death of her husband, Salomon James, Ad\u00e8le largely withdrew from the world, cloistering herself in the H\u00f4tel Salomon de Rothschild, which she built at 11 rue Berryer in Paris. She died in Paris on 11 March 1922 after a bitter dispute with her daughter who chose to marry outside the Jewish faith.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe rift between Ad\u00e8le and her daughter was never healed and much of her collection of Jewish art was bequeathed to the Mus\u00e9e de Cluny; other collections were bequeathed to the Louvre Museum, the Museum of Decorative Art in Paris and the National Library of France,\u201d the archive explains in a statement.<\/p>\n
Before her death, De Rothschild bequeathed her private Parisian mansion in rue Berryer to the French state, with the stipulation that it be turned into a museum for the arts under the name Fondation Salomon de Rothschild. She also stated that her cabinet of art curiosities remain intact. The Fondation des Artistes, which helps fund artists and art schools, is based at the H\u00f4tel Salomon de Rothschild.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In 2019, the Fondation des Artistes recommended that the Louvre participated in the joint inventory. The inventory, completed in 2020, established that 258 works from the Rothschild\u2019s cabinet had been included in the Louvre’s collections, specifically objets d’art decorative works and Islamic art pieces.<\/p>\n
“Some objects from the cabinet of curiosities had joined the Louvre as early as 1923, others had been deposited there at the turn of the 2000s to protect them during work on the H\u00f4tel Salomon de Rothschild,” said Maynier.<\/p>\n
According to Le Monde, as part of the new arrangement the Louvre will keep on display around 30 pieces for five years and also receive 104 items retained by the foundation that were originally part of its Rothschild inventory.<\/p>\n
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