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Search Request | Object report

Cupid, top figure of a fireplace screen

Lost Art-ID
629841
Artist / Creator
Biller, Albrecht
Birth
1663, Augsburg
Death
1720.07.17 (vor), Augsburg
Artist / Creator
Biller, Lorenz II.
Birth
1650 (um)
Death
1720/1726
Title
Cupid, top figure of a fireplace screen
Dating
1710/1720
Object type
Crafts and other folk arts
Group of reported objects
Crafts and other folk arts
Material / Technique
Metal (Silver sheet) / repoussé ; repoussé ; gilded
Measures
197 x 119 x 62.5 cm (H x W x D). The dimensions refer to the fireplace screen as a whole, to which the figure belongs.
Description
A top-mounted figure, which was located at the top center of the fireplace screen. The figure shows a nude Cupid raising his left arm and holding up an arrow. He holds his bow in his right hand and stretches his arm backwards.
Provenance
Presumably purchased in 1719 for wedding celebrations. It was kept in the audience chamber of the royal palace; As part of the 1924 settlement agreement between the Free State of Saxony and the former royal house, the fireplace screen with the figure on top fell to the Free State of Saxony as room inventory; Presumably in August 1943, the fireplace screen was removed to Rammenau Palace due to the war; The further whereabouts of the figure on top are not known; A loss in connection with the events of the Second World War is suspected.
Literature / Source

Silberinventar von 1723

Inventarium über die Hof Bett Meisterey beym Churfürstl. Sächsisch. Residenz- Schloße zu Dresden –Gefertigt Ao. 1769

Inventarverzeichnis Nr. 1 vom 31.01.1920 („Schloß und Palais am Taschenberg zu Dresden sowie Palais Parkstraße 7“), als Bestandteil des Auseinandersetzungsvertrages 1924.

Bergungsliste von Kunstgegenständen des Leiters des Schlossrentamtes und des Schlossverwalters vom 06.05.1942

Published since
25.06.2025
Contact

Sächsisches Staatsministerium der Finanzen
Carolaplatz 1
01097 Dresden
Germany

Homepage
https://www.smf.sachsen.de
Contact
Prof. Dr. Dirk Jäschke
Position
Referatsleiter
Phone
0351/ 564 444200
E-Mail
Dirk.Jaeschke@smf.sachsen.de
Contact
Tobias Seefeld
Position
Referent
Phone
0351/ 564 444210
E-Mail
Tobias.Seefeld@smf.sachsen.de
Circumstances of loss reported as
Looted property
Search Request, Institution

Sächsisches Staatsministerium der Finanzen

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