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The Martyrdom of Saint Barbara
Lost Art-ID
309648
Artist / Creator
Unknown (Kärnten | Carinthian)
Title
The Martyrdom of Saint Barbara
Dating
1520 (um)
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Wood / carved ; painted ; gilded
Height
85.00 cm
Width
65.00 cm
Description
The Greek martyr Saint Barbara fleeing from her father Dioscorus who imprisoned her in a tower and subsequently killed her for her Christian faith. A fortified city in the background.
Provenance
Jenny Steiner, Vienna, acquired after 1933; Impounded by Finanzamt Wien Innere Stadt-Ost, 1938; 458. Kunstauktion, Dorotheum, Vienna, 4–6 March 1940, lot 77, pl. XVII; (...); Christie's, London, 7 April 1981; 19. Auktion, Hermann Historica, Munich, 14–15 October 1988, lot 195, ill.; Willy and Patricia Reichert, Wasserburg, acquired at the above sale; 63. Kunstauktion, Im Kinsky, Vienna, 18 April 2007, lot 561 (withdrawn from sale); […]; whereabouts unknown.
Literature / Source
Mittelalterliche religiöse Plastik aus Österreich, Ausst. Kat., Hagenbund, Wien, 1933, Nr. 67, Tf. X;
Sophie Lillie, Was einmal war: Handbuch der enteigneten Kunstsammlungen Wiens (Wien: Czernin, 2003), S. 1244–1251;
Olga Kronsteiner, "Überraschender Rückzug," in: Der Standard, 26. April 2007: 29, Abb.; diess., "Geraubte Heilige Barbara," in: Der Standard, 28. Juni 2007: 29, Abb.
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