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Figure ‘Putto (Ganymede)’ as part of the figural decoration of a ornamental mirror

Lost Art-ID
628750
Second antechamber 1935, SLUB Dresden, photo library, negative number: df_hauptkatalog_0053709, Picture: Walter Möbius
Comparative image of the reconstructed figure
Artist / Creator
Unknown (Parisian court workshops)
Title
Figure ‘Putto (Ganymede)’ as part of the figural decoration of a ornamental mirror
Dating
nach 1693/ vor 1719
Object type
Crafts and other folk arts
Group of reported objects
Crafts and other folk arts
Material / Technique
Metal (Brass) / fire-gilded
Height
49.00 cm
Width
49.00 cm
Description

Fire-gilded figure of Ganymede as a putto riding on an eagle. He is stretching his right arm upwards. The figure was mounted at the top centre of the frame of a large Venetian mirror.

Provenance
1719 until the war-related removal in 1942 furnishing of the Royal State Apartments (also 2nd coffee room 509); in accordance with the 1924 settlement agreement, the mirrors were transferred to the Free State of Saxony; in 1944 mirrors and mirror parts and wall mirrors were removed from the Dresden Castle to a relocation site (Rammenau or Schleinitz Castle); The wooden substructure of the mirror top has been preserved; Circumstances of loss unknown. A loss in connection with the events of the Second World War is assumed.
Literature / Source

Inventare von 1769 und 1852.

Inventarverzeichnis Nr. 1 vom 31.01.1920 („Schloß und Palais am Taschenberg zu Dresden sowie Palais Parkstraße 7“), als Bestandteil des Auseinandersetzungsvertrages 1924 (Freistaat Sachsen, Haus Wettin).

Bergungsliste von Kunstgegenständen mit besonderem Wert, angefertigt durch den Leiter des

Schlossrentamtes, dem Amtmann Hugo Bahr, und den Schlossverwalter Johannes Bibrach vom 06.05.1942.

Published since
Contact
Prof. Dr. Dirk Jäschke
Referatsleiter
Phone
0351/ 564 444200
E-Mail
Dirk.Jaeschke@smf.sachsen.de
Contact
Tobias Seefeld
Referent
Phone
0351/ 564 444210
E-Mail
Tobias.Seefeld@smf.sachsen.de
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