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Leda and the swan

Lost Art-ID
629886
Leda with the Swan, 14.07.1939, SLUB Dresden, photo library, df_hauptkatalog_056693, picture author: probably Walter Möbius
Painting reconstruction Leda and the Swan by the painter Christoph Wetzel on behalf of the SIB Dresden I in the original frame.
Artist / Creator
Silvestre, Louis (the younger)
Birth
1675.06.23, Sceaux
Death
1760.04.11, Paris
Place of activity
Rom; Dresden
Title
Leda and the swan
Dating
1718/1719
Object type
Painting
Group of reported objects
Painting
Material / Technique
Oil ; Canvas / painted
Measures
113.0 cm x 145.0 cm (exact dimensions not known)
Height
115.00 cm
Width
145.00 cm
Inventory number
Cap. II, 64
Description
Overdoor painting: Leda and the Swan
Provenance
The overdoor painting, was kept unchanged in the audience chamber from 1719 until it was relocated in 1944, together with four other surviving paintings of the same format; In the inventory list no. 1 of 31 January 1920 as part of the settlement agreement between the Free State of Saxony and the former royal house of 1924, the rooms marked in red are listed as belonging to the state; in the report by Prof. Fichtner to the Reich Governor on 27 December 1943, point 6 of the salvage specifications states ‘Abnehmen der Supraporten’. The overdoors were removed to the relocation site at Zottewitz Castle near Priestewitz. According to the files, loss at the removal site.
Literature / Source

Gardemeuble-Verzeichnis der Gemälde (1882-1910), „Schloß Dresden, II. Et., alter Thronsaal als Supraporte“.

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

Auseinandersetzungsvertrag des Freistaates Sachsen und dem vormaligen Königshaus von 1924, „Alter Tronsaal“ ,

Anlage D des Auseinandersetzungsvertrages vom 21.11.1924 , V.

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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