Search Request | Object report
Monk with beer mug / Portrait of a monk
Lost Art-ID
632074
Artist / Creator
Defregger, Franz von (possibly a copy)
Birth
1835.04.30, Stronach (Tirol)
Death
1921.01.02, München
Place of activity
Innsbruck; München
Title
Monk with beer mug / Portrait of a monk
Dating
1850/1925
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Oil ; Panel / painted
Description
From Henrich's report: ‘[..] the most important painter of Tyrolean folk life [...]’ Quote p. 4
"According to art dealer Menna, a painting [considered to be a copy] at the auction turned out to be an original painting by Defregger. This is the painting “Monk with Beer Mug”." Quote Duisburg_LAV_NRW_R_Gerichte_Rep._266_Nr._5615_BeweglichesVermögen
Provenance
Julius and Martha Pagener until November 1938; according to his own statement of 25 February 1950, auctioneer Franz A. Menna sold the work outside of the forced auction of 14 March 1939 to a high-ranking party official for a purchase price of RM 6,000; whereabouts unknown
Literature / Source
Duisburg_LAV_NRW_R_Gerichte_Rep._266_Nr._5615_BeweglichesVermögen: Gutachten Herm. Henrichs 5. Juni 1953; Bonn_Familienarchiv_Pagener_Box_1_Akte_2_Wohnungseinrichtung_Malmedie_Finanzamt_Köln_Süd_Verso_Teilnehmer_Versteigerung; Bonn_Familienarchiv_Pagener_Box_1_Akte_17_Brief von Dr. Manstetten an Julius Pagener vom 25. Februar 1950.
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Contact
Please contact the German Lost Art Foundation.
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