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Bust-length Portrait of an Oriental Man Wearing a Fur and a Colourful Headscarf
Lost Art-ID
110770
Artist
Sperling, Johann Christian
Birth
1690 / 1691?, Halle
Death
1746.10.10, Ansbach
Place of activity
Hamburg; Rotterdam
Title
Bust-length Portrait of an Oriental Man Wearing a Fur and a Colourful Headscarf
Datierung
1743
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
fir / painted
Height
41.00 cm
Width
31.00 cm
Inventory number
SG 1428 (Ahv 454)
Description
Dated on the back: 1743.
Provenance
From the collection of duke Ernest II of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (cf. 1826 inventory). In 1943 still present in the Friedenstein Palace library (catalog 1943, p. 327); date of loss unknown; news release August 23, 2012: return of the painting from private property.
Status
restituted
Literature / Source
Inventar 1826 (Verzeichnis), Abt. IV, Nr. 24; Inventar 1854 Schneider, Abt. II, Nr 22; SSFG, SM, Archiv, Akte 8334: September 1940; Katalog 1943, Bl. 328; Verlustdokumentation Neumeister.
Lit.: Thieme/Becker XXXI, S. 363; Parthey 1863, II, S. 570, Nr. 3; Bernhard/Rogner 1965, S. 128.
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. Timo Trümper
Position
Kustode für Gemälde und Plastik
Phone
+49 (0) 3621 8234 553
Contact
Dr. Tobias Pfeifer-Helke
Position
Stiftungsdirektor
Phone
+49 (0) 621-8234 100
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