Английская Википедия:Alessandro Contini-Bonacossi
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox person Count Alessandro Contini-Bonacossi (18 March 1878 - 22 October 1955) was an Italian politician, art collector, dealer and philatelist. In 1939 he was made a Senator of the Kingdom of Vittorio Emanuele III.
Early life
Contini-Bonacossi was born in Ancona on 18 March 1878 to Camillo Contini and the Countess Elena Bonacossi Bermudez of Ferrara.
Political career
In 1928, Contini-Bonacossi was made a Count by Vittorio Emanuele III. In 1939 he became a Senator.
Nazi era
Through Walter Hofer, Contini-Bonacossi sourced art for the Göring Collection.[1]
Around 1942, Göring's art agent Sepp Angerer, and the local German consul Gerhard Wolf, went on a tour of Contini-Bonacossi's collection. Angerer supposedly told the count, "What a pity you're not a Jew!" and drawing a finger across his throat continued "If you were a Jew, we could do just that! And all the paintings would be ours!"[2]
Contini-Bonacossi was investigated in 1946 by the OSS Art Looting Investigation Unit for his role in dealing Nazi-looted art and placed on the Red Flag List of Names.[3]
Philately
Contini-Bonacossi was a noted philatelist. He won a Gold-Silver medal at the London International Stamp Exhibition 1960 for his display of Tuscany[4] and a gold medal at WIPA 1965, also for Tuscany.[5]
Death
Contini-Bonacossi died in Florence on 22 October 1955.
References
External links
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- ↑ Lootedart.com Dealer Records : Count Alessandro Contini-Bonacossi (1878-1955)
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
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- ↑ "The exhibition full list of awards and final report of international jury", The London Philatelist, Vol. LXIX, Aug-Sept. 1960, No. 813, p. 160.
- ↑ "WIPA 1965", H.R. Holmes, The London Philatelist, Vol. 74, Aug-Sept. 1965, No. 872-873, p. 164.
