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Bust of a young woman
Lost Art-ID
594419
Artist / Creator
Rotari, Pietro Antonio (Conte)
Birth
1707.09.30, Verona
Death
1762.08.31, St. Petersburg
Place of activity
Wien; Dresden
Title
Bust of a young woman
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Oil ; Canvas / painted
Height
44.00 cm
Width
33.00 cm
Description
young woman with a jasmine branch; verso possibly old palace inventory numbers and ownership notes: Royal Saxon Secondogeniture or Royal Guard-Meubles-Administration
Provenance
originally from Pillnitz Palace on the Elbe, for which Rotari created it to decorate a hall, removed from the palace after 1918 by the Wettin Secondogeniture and sold; Herbert M. Gutmann, Potsdam - Herbertshof; from his collection auction Paul Graupe 12-14 April 1934, lot 31; Alessandro Contini-Bonacossi (1878-1955), Villa di Trefiano, Poggio a Caiano, Italy (stolen during the Second World War); whereabouts unknown
Literature / Source
Auktionskatalog Paul Graupe, Versteigerung 132, Sammlung Herbert M. Gutmann, Herbertshof bei Potsdam - Gemälde, meist aus dem 18. Jahrhundert, Möbel, Silber, Porzellan, Textilien, Alte syrische Gläser, Ostasiatische und islamische Kleinkunst, Berlin, 12.-14.04.1934; https://books.google.de/books?id=gnchcVv2OuwC&lpg=PT286&ots=qkk61ZtO24&dq=%22rotari%22%20contini-bonacossi&hl=de&pg=PT286#v=onepage&q=contini-bonacossi&f=false; https://www.giannellachannel.info/opere-trafugate-tesori-arte-firenze-ancora-prigionieri-seconda-guerra-mondiale/
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