David David-Weill

David David-Weill, a French-American banker, was chairman of the family investment bank Lazard Frères in Paris and became regent of the Banque de France in 1935.
He was an avid collector and formed an art collection of paintings, drawings, miniatures, sculpture, and furniture, amongst them an outstanding collection of early Chinese art. David-Weil was a great art patron and donated many artworks to museums in France and in the U.S. including the Guimet Museum and the Louvre Museum. He was vice president of the Friends of the Louvre. The David-Weill collection was confiscated at the Chateau de Sourches in August 1941 and at 14, rue de Chezy, Neuilly sur Seine, in June 1943.

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