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The pyramid in the park of Mauperthuis [The pyramid of Cestius in Rome]

Lost Art-ID
586005
Artist
Robert, Hubert
Birth
1733.05.22, Paris
Death
1808.04.15, Paris
Place of activity
Rom; Paris
Title
The pyramid in the park of Mauperthuis [The pyramid of Cestius in Rome]
Datierung
1870 (um)
Object type
Painting
Group of reported objects
Painting
Material / Technique
Canvas / painted
Height
38.30 cm
Width
46.00 cm
Inventory number
12493
Description
Payramid with open gate with two caryatids. The pyramid is destroyed at the top and overgrown with ivy. On the steps of the gate a woman and a boy. A man opens the capstone of a ground grave and another woman and a boy look down in surprise. To the left: Column and vase, raised sarcophagus in front of a cypress wall, in front of it column drums and grave debris.
Holding
NSDAP, Parteikanzlei
Provenance

Around 1780 Hubert Robert (1733-1808)

without date-without date whereabouts unknown

without date-min. 1905 Clementine Collection (Lustheim Palace)

without date-at the latest 17.10.1942 Berlin private property (Kühlmann)

17.10.1942-17.10.1942 at the latest Gallery Maria Dietrich, Munich, acquired from private ownership in Berlin (Kühlmann)

17.10.1942-1945 NSDAP, Party Chancellery, Munich, acquired by Maria Almas-Dietrich, Munich

25.10.1945-10.06.1949 Central Collecting Point, Munich number 12373, secured by American allies

10.06.1949-22.02.1952 Prime Minister of Bavaria, fiduciary handover by American allies

22.02.1952-10.12.1956 Trusteeship of cultural property at the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany, Munich, fiduciary handover by Bavarian Prime Minister

Since 10.12.1956 Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen Munich, transfer of ownership of the Munich financial centre to the Free State of Bavaria

For further information, please refer to the given contact for the report.

Published since
Contact
Dr. Andrea Bambi
Referat für Provenienzforschung
Phone
+49 (0)89 23805-0
provenienz@pinakothek.de
Contact
Stephanie Niederalt
Zentrale Dienste der Staatl. Museen und Sammlungen, Juristisches Referat
Phone
+49 (0)89 23805-0
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