Ephrussi family
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The Ephrussi family is a wealthy Ashkenazi Jewish noble banking family. The family's bank and properties were seized by the Nazi authorities after the 1938 "Anschluss", the annexation of Austria by Na
Coat of arms granted to Ignace von Ephrussi in 1871
Palais Ephrussi on Vienna's Ringstraße (Universitätsring), opposite the Votivkirche, 2006
Villa Ephrussi on the French Riviera, 2011
81 rue de Monceau, Paris
Charles Ephrussi
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Charles Ephrussi was a French art critic, art historian, and art collector. He also was a part-owner and then editor as well as a contributor to the Gazette des Beaux-Arts, the most important art hist
Ephrussi family
…and estates in Europe. The family members were known for their connoisseurship, intellectual interests, and their huge collections of art. Leonid's son Charles Ephrussi (1849–1905), a well-known art historian, collector and editor, became a model for the character of Charles Swann in Marcel Proust's novel In Search of…
Charles Ephrussi, by Jean Patricot, 1905