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Portrait of Princess Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau (1722-1751), née Princess of Anhalt-Köthen

Lost Art-ID
406514
Artist / Creator
Pesne, Antoine
Birth
1683.05.23, Paris
Death
1757.08.05, Berlin
Title
Portrait of Princess Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau (1722-1751), née Princess of Anhalt-Köthen
Dating
1701/1750
Object type
Painting
Group of reported objects
Painting
Material / Technique
Oil ; Canvas / painted
Height
267.00 cm
Width
173.00 cm
Inventory number
Herzoglicher Bilderkatalog Nr.665
Description
3/4 Portrait, the princess in a long dress with a heremlin cloak, looking to the right. The painting hung in the east wing of Dessau Palace on the second floor in room 76 and is listed in the ducal picture catalog, which was saved. There is also an additional illustration from before 1945.
Provenance

The painting was stored in the safe in the Dessau Palace. The safe survived the bombing and the fire of the palace undamaged. Dessau was first occupied by American forces and then by Soviet occupation forces on July 1, 1945. The painting and the remaining contents of the safe were removed by Soviet occupying forces in 1946 and 1947.

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Contact
Wolf von Trotha
Bevollmächtigter
Phone
+49 (0) 69 710 35 554
E-Mail
office@trotha.de
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