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The death of Seneca

Lost Art-ID

92513

Artist / Creator

Sandrart, Joachim von (der Ältere)

Birth

1606.05.12, Frankfurt (Main)

Death

1688.10.14, Nürnberg

Place of activity

Venedig; Bologna; Rom; Neapel; Amsterdam; München; Wien; Stockau (Ingolstadt); Augsburg

Title

The death of Seneca

Dating

1635

Object type

Painting

Group of reported objects

Painting

Material / Technique

Canvas

Height

171.00 cm

Width

215.00 cm

Inventory number

445

Description

Panel painting: Depiction: the death of Seneca: at Nero's command he opens his veins, usually sitting in a basin of water or in a water bath; afterwards he takes poison & artificial light; suicide; Nero; vein; cut; blood; bath; poison cup & light; artificial light

Holding

Gemäldegalerie im ehemaligen Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum (Bodemuseum)

Provenance

(former) administration: Berlin; (public) collection; Staatliche Museen; Gemäldegalerie; inv. no. 445; 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 (Marchese); period of ownership: until 1637

Storage site

Berlin, Flakbunker Friedrichshain

Published since

2001