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Socrates drinks the poisoned cup

Lost Art-ID

18004

Artist / Creator

Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi

Birth

1571.09.29?, Mailand

Death

1610.07.18, Porto Ercole

Place of activity

Mailand; Rom; Paliano; Neapel; La Valletta; Syrakus; Messina; Palermo

Artist / Creator

Honthorst, Gerrit van (?)

Birth

1590.11.04, Utrecht

Death

1656.04.27, Utrecht

Place of activity

Rom; Utrecht; London; Den Haag

Title

Socrates drinks the poisoned cup

Object type

Painting

Group of reported objects

Painting

Material / Technique

Canvas

Height

174.00 cm

Width

243.00 cm

Inventory number

449

Description

Panel painting: depiction: the death of Socrates: while surrounded by his mourning pupils, Socrates calmly and composedly drinks the cup of poison after offering a libation to the gods; prison; pupils; cup of poison; chalice; pour; pour; mourn.

Holding

Gemäldegalerie im ehemaligen Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum (Bodemuseum)

Provenance

(former) administration: Berlin; (public) collection; Staatliche Museen; Gemäldegalerie; inv. no. 449; type of accession: purchase; date of accession: 1829; place of removal: Berlin; Friedrichshain; Flak tower Friedrichshain; period of ownership: until 1945; type of accession: removal from storage; date of accession: 1941/1942; (first) previous owner: Rome; (private) collection: Giustiniani, Vincenzo; period of ownership: until 1637

Storage site

Berlin, Flakbunker Friedrichshain

Published since

2001