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Compass
Lost Art-ID
208389
Artist / Creator
Title
Compass
Dating
1628
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Ivory / carved
Height
9.00 cm
Width
7.00 cm
Inventory number
Ahv 13
Description
Compass in the shape of a square diptych; inscription on the outside: NIHIL EST FUGACIUS TEMPORE; inscription on the inside: HOMO PROPONIT DEUS DISPONIT MISERTCORDIA DEI INITUM SALUTIS NOSTR HANNS TROSCHEL 1628 TEMPUS SUMPTUS EST PRECIOSISSIMUS HORAFUGIT MORS VENIT
Provenance
According to the 1858 inventory the compass was the property of Ernest II of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Literature / Source
Inventar 1858, Bd. 1, Kap. XXV, Nr. 225; Aldenhoven Plastik, Elfenbein Nr. 13
Published since
Contact
Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein
Gotha
Schlossplatz 1
99867 Gotha
Germany
Phone
0049 (0) 03621 8234-0
Fax
0049 (0) 03621 8234-290
Contact
Dr. Tobias Pfeifer-Helke
Position
Stiftungsdirektor
Phone
+49 (0) 621-8234 100
Contact
Dr. Timo Trümper
Position
Kustode für Gemälde und Plastik
Phone
+49 (0) 3621 8234 553
Contact
Ronny Licht
Position
Provenienzforscher
Phone
+49 (0) 3621-82 34 329
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