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The Birth of Adonis
Lost Art-ID
170970
Artist
Albani, Francesco (1578) (Kopie nach)
Birth
1578.03.17, Bologna
Death
1660.10.04, Bologna
Place of activity
Rom; Bologna
Title
The Birth of Adonis
Datierung
1692
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
copper / painted
Height
45.00 cm
Width
63.00 cm
Inventory number
Ahv 549
Description
Signed on the bottom left: „F. Albani 1692“ (false) - copy; Artemis holds the child born by Myrrha - who had previously been transformed into a tree - in her arms; Artemis sits under tall trees surrounded by her nymphs; sheperds approach from the left; one sees the river god Orontes in the background, on the right.
Provenance
From the collection of duke Ernest II of Saxe Gotha-Altenburg (cf. 1826 inventory). Part of the paintings discarded in 1897 (cf. file); transferred to the library May 15, 1940 (file 3514); since then whereabouts unknown.
Literature / Source
Inventar 1826 (Verzeichnis), Abt. VII, Nr. 28; Inventar 1854 Schneider, Abt. X, Nr. 13; SSFG, SM, Archiv, Akte (1897); Akte 3514 (1940)
Published since
Contact
Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein
Gotha
Schlossplatz 1
99867 Gotha
Germany
Phone
0049 (0) 03621 8234-0
Fax
0049 (0) 03621 8234-290
Contact
Dr. Tobias Pfeifer-Helke
Position
Stiftungsdirektor
Phone
+49 (0) 621-8234 100
Contact
Anastasia Yurchenko
Position
Provenienzforscherin
Phone
+49 (0) 3621-82 34 328
Contact
Dr. Timo Trümper
Position
Kustode für Gemälde und Plastik
Phone
+49 (0) 3621 8234 553
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