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Snoozing Grandpa
The Sleeping Grandfather
Lost Art-ID
616186
Artist / Creator
Munkácsy, Mihály von
Birth
20.02.1844, Munkács
Death
01.05.1909, Endenich
Place of activity
Békésgyula, Düsseldorf, Wien, Paris, Colpach, Budapest
Title
Snoozing Grandpa
Additional title
The Sleeping Grandfather
Dating
1887
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Panel / painted
Height
92.00 cm
Width
140.00 cm
Description
Signed lower right: M de Munkácsy Colpach
Provenance
Charles Sedelmeyer, Paris; Stöckl und Hirschler auction, Vienna, 1904. No. 74; Baron Peter Herzog, Budapest, 1904; Baron Mor Lipot Herzog, Budapest, 1914, by descent; Baroness Mor Lipot Herzog, Budapest, 1934 by descent; Herzog Andras, Erzsebet, Istvan, 1940, by descent; Lost during WWII - a confiscation as a result of Nazi persecution is suspected; whereabouts unknown
Literature / Source
Végvári, Lajos, Munkácsy Mihály élete és művei [The Life and Art of Mihály Munkácsy] 1958, Akadémia Kiadó, Budapest. No. 421.; Mravik, László, The "Sacco Di Budapest" and Depredation of Hungary, 1938-1949: Works of Art Missing from Hungary as a Result of the Second World War : Looted, Smuggled, Captured, Lost and Destroyed Art Works, Books and Archival Documents : Preliminary and Provisional Catalog, 1998, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest. No 19920, p. 329.; Virág Judit Galéria, 27. auction, 2007. No. 124 (coloured image); Péter Molnos: Lost Heritage, 2017, Kieselbach Galéria, 301, illustrated 300.
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