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Bacchante procession / Bacchanal
Lost Art-ID
583126
Artist
Rubens, Peter Paul ((Schule))
Birth
1577.06.28, Siegen (Westfalen)
Death
1640.05.30, Antwerpen
Place of activity
Antwerpen; Venedig; Florenz; Rom; Valladolid; Mantua; Genua; Paris; Brüssel; Madrid; London
Title
Bacchante procession / Bacchanal
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Oil ; Canvas / painted
Height
108.50 cm
Width
105.00 cm
Description
In the painting Satyrn accompany the drunken Silen holding a wine can in his hand. On the floor in the foreground two satyrs, one suckling two satyrs. The original by Rubens - with different measurements - is in the Pushkin Museum in Moscow. There is at least one smaller replica in the Galleria Franchetti in Venice.
Provenance
Heinrich Ueberall, Berlin (died 1939 in Sachsenhausen concentration camp); ca. end of 1920/30s as loan security to Dresdner Bank; 1935 purchase contract between Dresdner Bank and the State of Prussia, National Museums in Berlin, Gemäldegalerie; June 1937 auction Julius Böhler, lot 705; whereabouts unknown
Literature / Source
Versteigerungskatalog Julius Böhler, München, Kunstwerke aus dem Besitz der Staatlichen Museen Berlin (Ausstellung vom 12. bis 17. April 1937 und 19. bis 31. Mai 1937); Versteigerung am 1. und 2. Juni 1937, Los 705 („Vlämischer Meister des 17. Jahrhunderts“)
Bildquelle: SMB-ZA I/GG 371.
Published since
Contact
Dr. phil. Irena Strelow, M.A.
Position
Provenienz-Recherchen / Historische Forschungen
Phone
+49 (0) 30 95 60 70 80
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