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Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Birch-field-Zweibruecken
Lost Art-ID
157234
Artist / Creator
Reuling, Johann Nepomuk
Place of activity
Helmstadt?
First mentioned
(vor) 1742
Last mentioned
1759
Title
Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Birch-field-Zweibruecken
Dating
1759
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Oil ; Canvas / painted
Height
79.00 cm
Width
69.00 cm
Inventory number
BS 1262; HM 31
Description
Friedrich Michael Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken (1724-1767) on horseback, charging to the left, the baton of command extended in his right hand. The Count Palatine wears the ribbon of the Order of St. Hubert. Inscribed lower left: J.N.
Provenance
The painting was acquired by the Historical Museum of the Palatinate in 1902. In March 1945, it was stolen from an external depot in the Seyssel barracks in Germersheim by members of the French army. It has been missing ever since; [...]; returned to Speyer in 2007 by a private party (Art Trade Paris).
Storage site
Status
restituted
Literature / Source
Thieme, Ulrich; Becker, Felix (Hg.): Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künste von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart; 38 Bde; Leipzig; 1907-1950 Bd. XXVIII, S. 195;
Klotz, Fritz: Der Speyerer Maler Joseph Kellerhoven; in: Pfälzer Heimat 16; 1965
Katalog der Staatsgemälde-Sammlung in Speyer; Speyer; 1927 S. 66, Nr. 31;
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