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Tondino with Appius Claudius seated on a throne
Lost Art-ID
311246
Artist / Creator
Fontana, Guido (?)
Birth
(um) 1490, Casteldurante
Death
(nach) 1576.10.16
Place of activity
Urbino
Title
Tondino with Appius Claudius seated on a throne
Dating
1540 (um)
Object type
Group of reported objects
Height
25.90 cm
Inventory number
Auktionskatalog London 1939, Kat.Nr. 296
Description
AN URBINO TONDINO, perhaps by Guido Durantino, painted in brilliant enamels with Appius Claudius, seated on a throne, surrounded by warriors on the right, one of whom is running across to save Virginia who is being killed by her father Virginius to preserve her chastity, orange and black curtain background, ruined arch in the middle distance with a city and hills behind, lO^in., circa 1540
Provenance
Munich, loss 1938;
The collection (approx. 440 works) was confiscated by the SS in Munich in 1938 on the occasion of the ‘Reichskristallnacht’ and auctioned at Sotheby's in London in 1939 (7/8 June and 19/20 July).
Published since
Contact
Please contact the German Lost Art Foundation.
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