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Portrait Buste of Carl Friedrich Rungenhagen
Lost Art-ID
586932
Artist / Creator
Wichmann, Ludwig Wilhelm
Birth
1788.10.10, Potsdam
Death
1859.06.29, Berlin
Place of activity
Paris; Rom; Berlin
Title
Portrait Buste of Carl Friedrich Rungenhagen
Dating
1842-1851 (ca.)
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Marble
Measures
Maß Gipsabguss | Dimension plaster cast: H. ca. 57 cm, B. ca. 38,5 cm, T. ca. 24,5
Description
The Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin is the owner of a plaster bust of Rungenhagen (inventory no. SKU 67/2) with the mentioned measurements and illustration, which was probably made in the 19th century. In 1966 the Gipsformerei of the Stadtmuseum Berlin produced a cast (model unknown). This was shown in the exhibition "Die Sing-Akademie zu Berlin und ihre Direktoren", SIM, Musikinstrumenten-Museum, Berlin 1998 in place of the lost marble bust.
Provenance
Commissioned by Rungenhagen's successor Eduard Grell, execution in marble. Donation to the Sing-Akademie. Place of installation: director's office, Sing-Akademie zu Berlin (there next to busts of Grell, Zelter and Fasch as well as a painting of W. Schadow). Loss during the war. Whereabouts unknown.
Literature / Source
Michael Rautenberg, Georg Eberle: Die Sing-Akademie und ihre Direktoren, SIM, Musikinstrumenten-Museum Berlin, 1998, S. 107.
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Stiftung Sing-Akademie zu Berlin
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10115 Berlin
Germany
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+49 (0) 30 2091 2830
Fax
+49 (0) 30 2091 2833
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