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Diogenes looking for a man
Lost Art-ID
257756

Artist
Jordaens, Jacob (1)
Birth
1593.05.19
Death
1678.10.18
Place of activity
Antwerpen
Title
Diogenes looking for a man
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Canvas
Height
121.00 cm
Width
197.00 cm
Inventory number
B 39
Description
Panel painting: Depiction: Diogenes carrying a burning lantern in daylight, trying (possibly in a busy marketplace) to find an honest man; lantern; man; market; crowd; seeking.
Holding
Gemäldegalerie im ehemaligen Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum (Bodemuseum)
Provenance
(former) Administration: Berlin; (public) collection; Staatliche Museen; Department: Gemäldegalerie; Inv. No. B 39; Type of accession: transfer; Date of accession: 1936; (temporary) Administration: Breslau; (semi-public) collection; Oberpräsidium; Hochbauamt; Time of ownership: until 1945; Type of accession: loan; Date of accession: 1938; Previous owner: (private) collection: Dresdner Bank; Time of ownership: until 1936; Type of accession: seizure. Former pledged property of the Dresdner Bank, which was given to the Berlin Gallery by the Ministry of Science, Education and National Culture in 1936.
Published since
Contact
Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Gemäldegalerie
Matthäikirchplatz
10785 Berlin
Germany
Phone
+49 (0) 30 266 42 4001
Fax
+49 (0) 30 266 42 4003
Homepage
Contact
Dr. Neville Rowley
Position
Kurator für italienische Kunst vor 1500
Phone
+49 (0) 30 266 42 4006
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