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Bust of a Hungarian peasant
Lost Art-ID
477457
Artist
Pettenkofen, August Xaver Karl von (Ritter)
Birth
1822.05.10, Wien
Death
1889.03.21, Wien
Place of activity
Wien; Szolnok; Paris; Venedig; Riva del Garda; Toblach (Pustertal); Assisi; Sterzing; Bozen
Title
Bust of a Hungarian peasant
Datierung
1870
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Oil : Wood / painted
Height
32.00 cm
Width
24.30 cm
Inventory number
12897
Description
Possibly a self-portrait of the artist. Half-length portrait in half profile to the right (from the picture). Ca. 40 years old, black-bearded man in the colourful dress of a Hungarian farmer. Black hat. Fringe-like hairstyle recognizable.
Back: on wood back up: in blue "UXR 29/10", under the writing in pencil, "Dr. P [or A] [...] nung, among them: blue bordered label "237" (Hoffmann Collection), centered in blue "27871" (Munich number) across the middle: great in red manuscript "N 45", bottom left: label BStGS. "Inv No. 12897, 27871 CCP," decorative frame top right: in blue "27871", including center: stamp "237" decorative frame down in ink "A. Pettenkofen Mag [illegible] Self-portrait "
Holding
Provenance
1870 - without date August von Pettenkofen (1822-1889)
without date - without date whereabouts unknown
without date - at least 12.03.1938 Art dealer, Vienna
at the earliest 12.03.1938-1945 Heinrich Hoffmann, acquired from an art dealer in Vienna
04.05.1946-25.04.1949 Central Collecting Point, Munich number 27871, secured by American Allies
25.04.1949-22.02.1952 Prime Minister of Bavaria, fiduciary handover by American allies
22.02.1952-11.03.1959 Trusteeship of cultural property at the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany, Munich, fiduciary handover by Bavarian Minister-Presidents
since 11.03.1959 Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Munich, purchase after transfer of ownership of the Munich financial centre of the State of Bavaria to the Free State of Bavaria
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Bayerische
Staatsgemäldesammlungen
München
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80799 München
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Contact
Dr. Andrea Bambi
Position
Referat für Provenienzforschung
Phone
+49 (0)89 23805-0
Contact
Stephanie Niederalt
Position
Zentrale Dienste der Staatl. Museen und Sammlungen, Juristisches Referat
Phone
+49 (0)89 23805-0
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