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Ivory statuette of Venus Anadyomene
Alternative title: Aphrodite, Eve, Nymph, "Nemis"
Lost Art-ID
626391
Artist / Creator
Faydherbe, Lucas
Birth
19.01.1617, Mechelen (Antwerpen)
Death
31.12.1697, Mechelen (Antwerpen)
Place of activity
Spanische Niederlande, Mechelen (Antwerpen), Antwerpen, Brüssel
Title
Ivory statuette of Venus Anadyomene
Additional title
Alternative title: Aphrodite, Eve, Nymph, "Nemis"
Dating
1650 (around)
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Ivory ; Wood
Measures
High with plinth: 37,5 cm
Height
24.00 cm
Inventory number
Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln, B 000328
Description
The statuette of Venus Anadyomene is an ivory figure of an unclothed female figure standing on an octagonal wooden plinth. The figure depicts Venus Anadyomene emerging from the water, combing and tidying her wet hair.
Provenance
When the National Socialists came to power, Alfred (1850-1941) and Hedwig (1855-1942) Pringsheim were increasingly exposed to persecution as Jews and fled to Switzerland in October 1939. As a result of this persecution and their forced departure, they sold part of their collection, including the statuette, to the Munich art dealer Julius Böhler on 6 April 1939. From there, the object was transferred to the Museum of Decorative Arts in Cologne on 17 April 1939.
No later than 1908 until 6.4.1939 Alfred and Hedwig Pringsheim Collection - 6.4. to 17.4.1939 Julius Böhler art shop - acquired by the Kunstgewerbe-Museum Cologne on 17.4.1939
Published since
Contact
Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln
An der Rechtschule 7
50667 Köln
Germany
Phone
+49 221 221 24528
E-Mail
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Contact
Dezernat für Kunst und Kultur der Stadt Köln/Museumsreferat, Provenienzforschung
Phone
+49(0)221/221-22520 und -31443
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