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Testudo and Snake (A symbol/sign ? of North)

Lost Art-ID
616725
Artist / Creator
Unknown (Chinese (Ming Dynasty))
Title
Testudo and Snake (A symbol/sign ? of North)
Object type
Sculpture
Group of reported objects
Sculpture
Material / Technique
Wood / painted
Measures
Height: approx. 25 - 30 cm
Description
currently no further information available
Provenance

Baron Bertalan Hatvany, Budapest; Lost during WWII; whereabouts unknown

It is unknown whether the loss during the Nazi persecution was caused by the German army, by the Soviet army, or by others.

Literature / Source
Keleti Művészeti Kiállítás [Oriental Art Exhibition], Magyar Gyűjtők és Művészetkedvelők Egyesülete [Association of Hungarian Collectors and Art Patrons] Iparművészeti Múzeum [Museum of Applied Arts] Budapest, 1929. No. 612; Hatvany Bertalanné levele a Szépművészeti Múzeum Igazgatóságának,, Hatvany Józsefné, Hatvany Endre, Hatvany Bertalan, Hatvany Lilly, és Hatvany Antónia nyilasok és németek által elhurcolt javaikról [Letter of Mrs. Bertalan Hatvany to the Directorate of the Museum of Fine Arts about the assets taken by the Nyilas and Nazis of Mrs. József Hatvany, Endre Hatvany, Bertalan Hatvany, Lilly Hatvany, Antónia Hatvany] March 21, 1947, Magyar Nemzeti Levéltár [National Archives of Hungary, 369/1947. No. 10; Bertalan Hatvany levele az elveszett főbb műtárgyainak listájával a Veszélyeztetett Magángyűjtemények Miniszteri Bizottságának [Letter of Bertalan Hatvany with a list of the more important lost works of art to the Ministerial Commission of Endangered Art Collections] July 9, 1947. Magyar Nemzeti Levéltár [National Archives of Hungary] XIX-J-13-332-1947, No. 26; Mravik, László, The "Sacco Di Budapest" and Depredation of Hungary, 1938-1949: Works of Art Missing from Hungary as a Result of the Second World War : Looted, Smuggled, Captured, Lost and Destroyed Art Works, Books and Archival Documents : Preliminary and Provisional Catalog, 1998. Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest, p. 214, No. 16566
Published since
21.12.2023
Contact
Agnes Peresztegi
Position
Avocat
E-Mail
agnes@peresztegi.com
Circumstances of loss reported as
unresolved
Search Request, Person

Hatvany, Bertalan

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