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Sleeping tomb guard with mace and sword

Lost Art-ID
626731
Artist / Creator
Strigel, Bernhard
Birth
1460 / 1461, Memmingen
Death
(vor) 1528.05.04, Memmingen
Place of activity
Wien
Title
Sleeping tomb guard with mace and sword
Dating
1520/21 (around)
Object type
Painting
Group of reported objects
Painting
Material / Technique
Panel (Oak)
Height
48.60 cm
Width
46.00 cm
Inventory number
10066
Description
The guard sits in lansquenet costume, in helmet, chain mail, breastplate, red doublet and yellow trousers, his head resting in his left hand with his eyes closed, clutching an iron mace lying on the ground with his armoured right hand; an armoured gauntlet lies on the ground on the right. Landscape with lake and houses in the background. Deep blue sky. (according to inv.)
Holding
Acquisitions 1933-1945
Provenance

c. 1520/21 - n.d., probably Parish Church of Our Lady, Memmingen

n.d. - n.d., whereabouts unknown

n.d. - n.d., Dr Wilhelm Graf Erdödy, Vienna

n.d. - 23.10.1935, Theodor Fischer, Lucerne, acquired from Dr Wilhlem Graf Erdödy, Vienna

since 23.10.1935, Bavarian State Painting Collections, Munich, acquired from Theodor Fischer, Lucerne through the mediation of Kunsthandel AG, Lucerne, together with inv. nos. 10067 and 10068 in exchange for inv. nos. 549 and 131 (‘Ministerielle Entschließung’ no. VII 42236)

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