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Antony and Cleopatra
Lost Art-ID
572489
Artist
Pittoni, Giovanni Battista (der Jüngere)
Birth
1687, Venedig?
Death
1767.11.17, Venedig?
Place of activity
Turin; Parma; Neapel; Venedig
Title
Antony and Cleopatra
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Oil : wood / painted
Height
47.00 cm
Width
50.00 cm
Description
The two main characters in theatrically exaggerated contrast of the opposite, separated by the wedge of obliquely incident light, which is fixed by the dog's head and legs of the page in the darkest corner of the picture (bottom right). From very dark framing precious the white-in-white-Gewoge the state robe Cleopatra. As background of the Cleopatra a draped ionic column. Right group of warriors and servants.
Source: Lempertz Auction, Old Master Paintings, Porcelain / Faience, Catalog 403, Lot 42
Source: Lempertz Auction, Old Master Paintings, Porcelain / Faience, Catalog 403, Lot 42
Provenance
Arthur Maier Collection, Carlsbad (died 1935), Marianne Matella, Carlsbad (legitimate heir); Auction 1939 by the auction house Lempertz, Cologne; [...]; Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf
Published since
Contact
Please contact the German Lost Art Foundation.
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