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Vanitas (death's head)
Lost Art-ID
208288
Artist
Title
Vanitas (death's head)
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
ivory / carved
Height
5.00 cm
Width
6.00 cm
Inventory number
Ahv 199
Description
A death's head, with one side still undecayed and covered by two snakes and two toads.
Provenance
According to the 1830 and 1858 inventories, the object belonged to duke Ernest I (?) of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
Literature / Source
Inventar 1830, fol. 8r, Nr. 20; Inventar 1858, Bd. I, Kap. XXV, Nr. 94; Aldenhoven Plastik, Elfenbein Nr. 199
Published since
Contact
Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein
Gotha
Schlossplatz 1
99867 Gotha
Germany
Phone
0049 (0) 03621 8234-0
Fax
0049 (0) 03621 8234-290
Contact
Dr. Timo Trümper
Position
Kustode für Gemälde und Plastik
Phone
+49 (0) 3621 8234 553
Contact
Dr. Tobias Pfeifer-Helke
Position
Stiftungsdirektor
Phone
+49 (0) 621-8234 100
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