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Cupid
Lost Art-ID
208421
Artist / Creator
Title
Cupid
Dating
1685-1700
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Amber ; Metal (Brass) / carved
Height
11.50 cm
Inventory number
K 1075
Description
Cupid drawing his bow, on a square pedestal; bow and arrow (missing) made from brass; both wings are broken off.
Provenance
Lost in 1945 from one of the stored boxes in the princely crypt, while the other three figures of the ensemble were confiscated by the Red Army and initially transported to the Soviet Union. In 1950 the putto was offered by the Hamburg art dealer Kurt Nass and acquired by the St. Annen Museum in Lübeck for 400 DM. On October 1, 2020, the figure was returned to the Foundation Schloss Friedenstein Gotha.
Status
restituted
Literature / Source
Inventar 1764, fol. 169v, Nr. 4; Inventar 1830, fol. 11v, Nr. 17; Inventar 1858, Bd. I, Kap. VI, Nr. 5; Aldenhoven Plastik, Bernstein Nr. 9
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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