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Lying river god (Bozzetto made of lime wood)
Lost Art-ID
569392
Artist
Unknown (Süd-Deutschland)
Title
Lying river god (Bozzetto made of lime wood)
Datierung
1725/1750
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Lime / carved
Height
8.10 cm
Width
18.40 cm
Inventory number
Pl.O. 2832
Description
The god rests on the right side of the body, with the left leg and the right leg stretched out. The right upper arm rests on a ball, the left hand supports the uplifted, long-bearded head; the left arm is raised obliquely upwards to the right. Beneath it is a cloth, which covers the left leg in sharp ridge folds. Upper part of the figure with right forearm, head and the upper half of the left upper arm from a special piece carved and glued; left forearm also worked out of a special piece.
Provenance
Before 1944 Prague (?); 1944 Peter Flory, Mainz / Wiesbaden to GNM
Published since
Contact
Germanisches Nationalmuseum
Nürnberg
Kornmarkt 1
90402 Nürnberg
Germany
Postfach 11 95 80
90105 Nürnberg
Germany
Phone
(0911) 13310
Fax
(0911) 1331200
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