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The judgment of Midas
Lost Art-ID
219155
Artist
Uyttenbroeck, Moysesz van
Birth
1584? / (um) 1590, Den Haag
Death
1648, Den Haag
Place of activity
Den Haag
Title
The judgment of Midas
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Oil : Wood / painted
Height
38.00 cm
Width
53.50 cm
Inventory number
mü13664
Description
In the right half of the painting, Pan is depicted sitting on a hill, facing King Midas and pointing to Apollo with his right hand. To his right and left are figures against a forest backdrop. In the centre a naked man sits on a white cloth, while in front of him a standing youth with a wreath of leaves on his head plays an ancient stringed instrument (lyre). In the background two other persons can be seen in front of an Arcadian landscape.
The work is neither signed nor dated.
Holding
Provenance
(…)
O. J. Unknown, Holland
Until 14.01.1939 Art trade Paul de Boer, Amsterdam
14.01.1939-07.04.1943 Art trade Julius Böhler, Munich
From 07.04.1943 Reich property ("Sonderauftrag Linz")
From April 1943 in the Kremsmünster monastery
From summer 1943 in the Alt-Aussee mine
03.04.1945 Receipt into the Central Collecting Point Munich
Since 1949 Federal property
Published since
Contact
Kunstverwaltung des Bundes
Herbert-Bayer-Straße 5
13086 Berlin
Germany
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