40 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1946 
and with funds donated for the purpose, the Gallery has entered into 
a contract for the manufacture and installation of this equipment. It 
is expected that the contract will be completed during the present fiscal 
year. This fourth compressor machine now being installed will air- 
condition all the remaining unfinished spaces in the Gallery building. 
CUSTODY OF PAINTINGS FROM GERMANY 
On December 14, 1945, the late Honorable Harlan Fiske Stone, 
Chief Justice of the United States and Chairman of the Board of 
Trustees of the National Gallery of Art, announced that at the request 
of the Secretary of State, the Trustees of the National Gallery of Art 
had agreed to accept custody of the 202 paintings from German mu- 
seums which were to be brought to this country for safekeeping until 
conditions in Germany insuring their proper care were reestablished. 
These paintings arrived at the Gallery on December 7, 1945, having 
been transported to this country with great care by the United States 
Army; and they are now stored under the custody of the Trustees in 
the Gallery’s air-conditioned storage rooms until they can be returned 
to Germany. The following is a list of the paintings which are now 
stored at the Gallery: 
Artist Title 
Altdorfer; Albrecht. 22 2_ 32 sea Departure of the Apostles. 
Altdorfer; Albrecht=-22 3222 — =. sash The Nativity. 
Altdorter A lbrechtass-.2 = =e eee Landscape With a Satyr Family. 
Alidorfer; Albrecht] 223 _ week. ee ayy Rest on the Flight Into Egypt. 
Amberger, Christoph____-____--_-_-_ The Cosmographer, Sebastian Munster. 
AMON. seAaCODOn = ee ee Portrait of a Lady as Diana. 
An relicos Wrea=ssrstret se Bet ee ee Triptych: The Last Judgment. 
Antonello da Messina_______________. Portrait of a Young Man. 
Austrianves 141083 22 eit Sie et The Crucified Christ Mourned by Mary 
and John. 
Austrian..¢:, 1420. 22 oo te ek ns The Dead Christ Mourned by Mary and 
John. 
Baldung, Hans (Grien)—_~___---_____ Count von Lowenstein. 
Baldung, Hans (Grien) =. _~----_=__ Pyramus and Thisbe. 
Baldung, Hans (Grien)_____-_______ Mourning Over the Body of Christ. 
Baldung, Hans (Grien)_____--_____ Saint George, Saint Catherine. 
Baldung Hans, (Grien))2=-= =) = The Adoration of the Magi. 
Baldung, Hans (Grien) ~~ ___________ Saint Agnes, Saint Mauritius. 
Bellini; Giovanni eee eee ee The Resurrection of Christ. 
Bohemianiew S50 ess fae eee Madonna and Child With Donor. 
Bosch, Hicronymus. =.) 2) eS Saint John on Mount Patmos. 
Reverse: Passion of Christ. 
Botticelli, Alessandro_______________. Madonna and Child With Singing Angels. 
Botticelli, Alessandro_____-_________. Simonetta Vespucci. 
Botticelli, Alessandro_______________. Giuliano de’ Medici. 
Botticelli, Alessandro_____-______-__. Saint Sebastian. 
Botticelli, Alessandro_____-_______-__. Venus. 
