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Death and miser/ old man with death
Lost Art-ID
596040
Artist / Creator
Title
Death and miser/ old man with death
Dating
1700 (um)
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Metal (Copper) / painted
Height
35.00 cm
Width
23.70 cm
Inventory number
F1390
Description
In a vaulted chamber with a lattice window and an armoured door, the miser sits in front of gold coins and debt books. Death, one foot placed on the hourglass, stands next to him and plays the violin.
Provenance
unknown until 1933 Würzburg Masonic Lodge "Zu den zwei Säulen am Stein" possibly part of the furnishings of the lodge house in Valentin-Becker-Str. 3;
Since 1933 Martin von Wagner Museum University of Würzburg "as a gift" for 200 RM;
15 March 1944 transferred under the title "Greis mit Tod" (old man with death) to the Forsthaus Kist near Würzburg, box 104; unknown, possible return to the MvWM in 1947.
Published since
Contact
Martin von Wagner Museum Neuere Abteilung
Residenzplatz 2, Tor A
97070 Würzburg
Germany
Phone
+49 (0)931 31-82283
Contact
Prof. Dr. Damian Dombrowski
Position
Direktor Neuere Abteilung
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