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Two 17th century marble reliefs

Lost Art-ID
619185
Artist / Creator
Eggers, Bartholomeus
Title
Two 17th century marble reliefs
Dating
1665 (around)
Object type
Relief
Group of reported objects
Sculpture
Material / Technique
Marble white ; Wood (Oak) / carved
Measures
76-77 x 48-50 cm
Inventory number
900
Description

Two marble reliefs (haut relief) with wooden frame:

1) Archimedes sets fire to the enemy (Roman) fleet with his burning mirror during the siege of Syracuse.

2) Aeneas paying homage to Dido (according to Weinmüller catalogue 32) or Antony with Cleopatra (according to the Collection-Stuart catalogue).

1 of 2 marble reliefs is signed BE, dated 65 → 1665, just below the burning mirror

Provenance
Joseph M. Morpurgo Antiquitäten, Amsterdam, purchased by: unknown, 24.07.1933, Hfl. 198; withdrawn after 16.10.1941 (probably under administrator Jacques Jansen); December 1942, auctioned by Weinmüller, lot 829, buyer: (Konrad) Riggauer (Antiq., Lilienstr., Munich?); whereabouts unknown.
Literature / Source
Weinmüller Auktionshaus München, Dezember 1942, Katalog 32, Losnummer 829←Dienststelle Mühlmann No. 134 (Einbringer "Sonder."), Den Haag (NL)←Fa. Joseph M. Morpurgo Inventarnr 900←Katalog Collection-Stuart, Verkauf in Amsterdam (NL) Dezember 1930, Losnummer 839.
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