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Armorial Dish with battle scene
Lost Art-ID
311138
Artist
Fontana, Guido (?)
Birth
(um) 1490, Casteldurante
Death
(nach) 1576.10.16
Place of activity
Urbino
Title
Armorial Dish with battle scene
Datierung
1540 (um)
Object type
Group of reported objects
Diameter
50.00 cm
Inventory number
Auktionskatalog London 1939, Kat.Nr. 188
Description
A LARGE URBINO ARMORIAL DISH, perhaps by Guido Durantino, superbly painted in rich colours with a battle scene in the foreground, trees to the left and buildings and temples on the right with a mountainous landscape in the distance and at the top a coat-of-arms, a lion rampant on a reddy-brown shield, the subject inspired by the battles of Philip, King of Macedonia, the underside of the dish with yellow rim, inscribed in blue "II Re philippo et li Achej conbatetero co Romani etoli et il re fugi per el sconfitto, (sic) " circa 1540
Verlustgeschichte
München, 1938
Die Sammlung (ca. 440 Werke) wurde 1938 in München anläßlich der "Reichskristallnacht" durch die SS beschlagnahmt und 1939 (7./8.06 und 19./20.07.) in London bei Sotheby´s versteigert.
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Contact
Please contact the German Lost Art Foundation.
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