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Venus with the three Graces

Lost Art-ID
629883
Second antechamber 1922, SLUB Dresden, photo library, df_hauptkatalog_0045632; Image: Paul Wolff (Detail- fokus GmbH Leipzig)
Artist / Creator
Silvestre, Louis (the younger)
Birth
1675.06.23, Sceaux
Death
1760.04.11, Paris
Place of activity
Rom; Dresden
Title
Venus with the three Graces
Dating
1701/1725
Object type
Painting
Group of reported objects
Painting
Material / Technique
Oil ; Canvas ; Wood / painted ; carved ; gilded (poliment gilding)
Height
71.00 cm
Width
90.00 cm
Inventory number
390;Cap. II, 49
Description
Painting of Venus with the Three Graces; carved poliment-gilded frame. Part of a small-format mythological painting series.
Provenance
Listed in inventory no. 1 of 31 January 1920, as part of the 1924 settlement agreement between the Free State of Saxony and the former royal house, the rooms marked in red assigned to the state; On the list of art objects of particular value, drawn up by the head of the revenue office, Hugo Bahr, and the castle administrator Johannes Bibrach on 6 May 1942 ‘4 Gemälde’ listed, which were to be salvaged in the '1.Kaffeezimmer'. In the ‘Wettinzimmer’, 6 paintings are mentioned; the two series with a total of 10 mythological paintings were removed during the transports to Schleinitz Castle near Meissen on 16 and 17 August 1943; According to the records, they were lost at the relocation site.
Literature / Source

Gardemeuble-Verzeichnis der Gemälde (1882-1910), unter der Rubrik „Cap. II, Genrebilder“.

Inventarverzeichnis Nr. 1 vom 31.01.1920 („Schloß und Palais am Taschenberg zu Dresden sowie Palais Parkstraße 7“),

Auseinandersetzungsvertrag des Freistaates Sachsen und dem vormaligen Königshaus von 1924, „2. Kaffeezimmer“ .

Published since
25.06.2025
Contact

Sächsisches Staatsministerium der Finanzen
Carolaplatz 1
01097 Dresden
Germany

Homepage
https://www.smf.sachsen.de
Contact
Prof. Dr. Dirk Jäschke
Position
Referatsleiter
Phone
0351/ 564 444200
E-Mail
Dirk.Jaeschke@smf.sachsen.de
Contact
Tobias Seefeld
Position
Referent
Phone
0351/ 564 444210
E-Mail
Tobias.Seefeld@smf.sachsen.de
Circumstances of loss reported as
Looted property
Search Request, Institution

Sächsisches Staatsministerium der Finanzen

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