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Cupid with a torch
Lost Art-ID
47376
Artist / Creator
Largillière, Nicolas de
Birth
(vor) 1656.10.10, Paris
Death
1746.03.20, Paris
Place of activity
Paris; London; Antwerpen
Title
Cupid with a torch
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Oil ; Canvas / painted
Height
68.00 cm
Width
90.00 cm
Inventory number
GK I 4505
Description
Alternative title: Reclining Cupid with fruit of paradise and a torch. The corresponding frame burnt in the Berlin Palace.
It is possibly a role portrait. Seidel considered the person depicted to be female.
Provenance
Hohenzollern Museum Monbijou Palace - Berlin Palace - New Chambers - now as war booty in the Pushkin State Museum, Moscow (Pushkin Museum inventory number 1459)
Literature / Source
Literatur: Seidel, 1900, S. 101
Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten, Zerstört, entführt, verschollen. Die Verluste der preußischen Schlösser im Zweiten Weltkrieg, Gemälde I, Potsdam 2004, S. 290, 291
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Contact
Stiftung Preußische Schlösser
und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg
Gemäldesammlung
14469 Potsdam
Germany
Postfach 601462
14414 Potsdam
Germany
Phone
(0331) 96940
Fax
(0331) 9694307
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Contact
Dr. Samuel Wittwer
Position
Direktor der Schlösser und Sammlungen
Phone
+49 (0) 331 96 94 307
Contact
Dr. Ulrike Schmiegelt-Rietig
Position
Provenienzforschung
Phone
+49 (0) 331 96 94 874
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