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Allegory of Fortune
Lost Art-ID
592241
Artist / Creator
Antico
Birth
1460 (um), Mantua
Death
15.07.1528 (um), Gazzuolo
Title
Allegory of Fortune
Dating
1460-1528
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Metal (Bronze) / cast
Diameter
6.20 cm
Description
Bange-WV, Nr.: 615 (Α. N. 886. Inv. 1139.) Titel: Allegorie des Glücks. A man sitting on his left draws Fortuna, who is carrying a bowl in her hands, towards him by her hair. She is followed by a man (?) in women's clothes, who tries to catch her with outstretched arms. On top of this is a ribbon with the inscription: LA EN TVR. Four pairs of dolphins form the ornament of the frame;
Planiscig, 1936, Nr. 52: Titel: Allegorie des Glücks. Bronze plaque. Diameter: 6'2 cm
Provenance
acquired 1880 in Florence with the Bardini Collection; Collection Erich Lederer, Vienna (1936); to Johann Baptist Gudenus, Vienna for safekeeping (until 1945 - looted during the last days of the war); [...]; whereabouts unknown
Literature / Source
Molinier, Les plaquettes, Nr. 492; E. L. Bange, Die italienischen Bronzen der Renaissance und des Barock, 2. Teil: Reliefs und Plaketten, Berlin 1922, Nr. 615, Abb. Tafel 55; Leo Planiscig, Ernst Kris, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Juni-Juli 1936, Nr. 52 (Sammlung L., Wien); Sophie Lillie, Klimt's Women Collectors: The Pulitzer Sisters Szerena Lederer, Jenny Steiner and Aranka Munk, Diss. Wien, 2014, S. 197
Published since
Contact
Please contact the German Lost Art Foundation.
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