In April 2023, the working group “AG Italien“ was founded within the Arbeitskreis Provenienzforschung e.V. with the aim of establishing research on the provenance of unlawfully seized cultural objects during the Nazi-Fascist Era and Colonialism in Italy. The working group is intended as a central forum for Italian-specific provenance research and as an international working network that wishes to promote exchange of knowledge and to establish both scientific and praxis related collaborations, particularly between Italy and Germany (https://www.arbeitskreis-provenienzforschung.org/arbeitsgruppen/ag-italien/).
On September 25th 2023, the “AG Italien” will host its first event at the Deutsches Studienzentrum in Venice. The kick-off meeting of the members of the international working group will consist of a workshop with invited guests from German and Italian research institutions and a public evening lecture by Dr. Bianca Gaudenzi (German Historical Institute in Rome) and Prof. Dr. Christian Fuhrmeister (Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte in Munich). The evening lecture “The ‘Return of Beauty’? New Perspectives on Looted Art during Fascism” will be introduced by Dr. Richard Erkens, director of the Deutsches Studienzentrum in Venedig. The lecture will be held at 18:00 both in German and Italian and can be followed online through the following link: us06web.zoom.us/j/83632988014.
The event has been organised by Alice Cazzola and Katharina Hüls-Valenti in cooperation with Arbeitskreis Provenienzforschung e.V.; Deutsches Historisches Institut in Rom; Deutsches Zentrum Kulturgutverluste; Deutsches Studienzentrum in Venedig.
PROGRAMME
10:00–17:30 WORKSHOP
10:00–10:30 INTRODUCTION
Alice Cazzola Universität Heidelberg, Katharina Hüls-Valenti Universität Mainz
10:30–11:30 ART HISTORIC ESTATES IN ITALY AS A SOURCE FOR PROVENANCE RESEARCH
Tatjana Bartsch, Bibliotheca Hertziana, Rome: “The Corpus Photographicum of Drawings (Corpus Gernheim) as a tool for provenance research”
Sarah Coviello, The Warburg Institute, London: “Art historians and museum professionals correspondence as an alternative source”
Johannes Röll, Bibliotheca Hertziana, Rome: “Bernhard Degenhart in the 1930s and 1940s between research, war and museum”
11:30–11:45 COFFEE BREAK
11:45–12:30 FIELD REPORTS FROM CURRENT RESEARCH
Marco Foravalle, Scuola IMT Alti Studi, Lucca: “Stefano Ravotti, a young railway worker and his Congolese collection”
Madeleine Schneider, Technische Universität, Berlin: “German-speaking protagonists in Italy between 1937 and 1945: export licences and other sources on the transfer of cultural objects”
12:30–14:00 LUNCH BREAK
14:00–14:45 THE IMPORTANCE OF PROVENANCE IN ART MARKET STUDIES
Matilde Cartolari, Technische Universität, Berlin: “Between tutela and mercato: the case of Tiepolo in the archive of the Soprintendenza”
Alice Martignon, Università Ca’ Foscari, Venice: “Fra l’Archivio Storico dell’Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia e l’Archivio Centrale dello Stato (Roma): fonti e studi sul mercato dell’arte a Venezia nel periodo postunitario”
14:45–15:45 PROVENANCE RESEARCH AND RESTITUTION IN LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS AND ACADEMIA
Patrizia Carmassi, Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel: “Provenienza di libri e riverbero di notizie da una collezione all’altra. Ricostruzioni e dinamiche nella prima età moderna”
Sarah Kinzel, Lindenau-Museum, Altenburg: “È tutto bene quel che finisce bene? La provenienza della collezione Horst de Marées e i limiti della ricerca”
Emanuele Pellegrini, Scuola IMT Alti Studi, Lucca: “Restitutions and longue durée: art objects across boundaries after the unification of Italy”
15:45–16:00 COFFEE BREAK
16:00–16:45 DISCUSSION: A PLEA FOR PROVENANCE RESEARCH IN PRACTICE
Introduction by Sharon Hecker, Università Cattolica, Milan
16:45–17:30 FINAL DISCUSSION: HOW TO “AG ITALIEN”
18:00–19:30 PUBLIC LECTURE
Bianca Gaudenzi, Deutsches Historisches Institut, Rome
Christian Fuhrmeister, Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, Munich
„Die ‚Rückkehr der Schönheit`? Neue Perspektiven auf den Kunstraub während des Faschismus“/ “Il ‘ritorno della bellezza’? Nuove prospettive sui beni culturali trafugati durante il fascismo”
Quellennachweis:
CONF: Provenance Research in Italy (Venice, 25 Sep 23). In: ArtHist.net, 10.09.2023. Letzter Zugriff 10.09.2023. arthist.net/archive/40030.
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