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Death of the Sappho
Lost Art-ID
586712
Artist / Creator
Habermann, Hugo von (Freiherr)
Birth
1849.06.14, Dillingen an der Donau
Death
1929.02.27, München
Title
Death of the Sappho
Dating
1873
Object type
Group of reported objects
Height
41.00 cm
Width
66.50 cm
Inventory number
10138
Description
On the dark blue-green waters of the sea the naked body of Sappho swims on the back. On the right in the background rocky shore, in front of it a man with a red cap and short brown robe, covering his head with his left hand. Dark sky. Signed lower right: 1873 Habermann.
Holding
Provenance
1873 - without date, Hugo von Habermann (1849 - 1929)
without date - without date, whereabouts unknown
no date - 08.06.1936, Erich Reich (1888 - 1941), graduate engineer, Munich
since 08.06.1936, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Munich, (Ministerial Resolution No. 28006)
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Published since
Contact
Staatliche Museumsagentur Bayern
Referat für Provenienzforschung
Landshuter Allee 8
80637 München
Germany
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