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Venus, plaque
Lost Art-ID
623752
Artist / Creator
Roty, Oscar
Birth
1846.06.12, Paris
Death
1911.03.23, Paris
Place of activity
Paris
Title
Venus, plaque
Dating
1895/1900
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Metal (Silver) / embossed
Height
7.00 cm
Width
3.50 cm
Weight
52.90 g
Inventory number
M-1960-12
Description
Front: Venus seen from behind, her legs covered with a cloth. She is arranging her long falling hair with her hands. In front of her is a basin with an antique pillar base. In the upper right corner ROME, in the lower left field the signature ROTY. Cord ornament at the edge; reverse: in front of a cloud a hand mirror and an Olenader branch. Cord ornament on the rim; rim: cornucopia ARGENT oval hallmark 255
Provenance
Oscar Roty (Paris 12.06.1846 - 23.03.1911 Paris), Paris, between 1895 and 1900 - ? (1); [...] (2); unknown Jewish property, Hamburg, ? - 1939/1940 (3); compulsory levy in the course of the ‘Third Order based on the Decree on the Registration of Property of Jews’ to the German Reich, 1939/1940 (4); purchase from there by the Hanseatic City of Hamburg, presumably 1940 - 1945 (5); [...] (6); confiscated by the Hamburg tax authorities under the control of the British occupying power, 1945 - ? (7); trust property of the Jewish Trust Corporation, after 1950 - 1959 (8); purchased from there by the Hanseatic City of Hamburg, 1959 - 12 May 1960 (9); gift to the Hamburger Kunsthalle, 12 May 1960 (10).
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Contact
Hamburger Kunsthalle
Glockengießerwall
20095 Hamburg
Germany
Phone
(040) 428131-207
Fax
(040) 42854-2559
Contact
Prof. Dr. Alexander Klar
Position
Direktor
Phone
040 428131 207
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