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The Fight at the bridge
The battle of the Amazons
Lost Art-ID
572344

Artist
Rubens, Peter Paul (nach)
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
The Fight at the bridge
Additional title
The battle of the Amazons
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Oil ; Panel / painted
Description
The original piece is at the Old Pinakothek in Munich. Fighting amazons on horseback meet on a bridge. At the right a dark horse is running away. Below the bridge a landscape can be seen in the background. At the lower edge of the painting dead amazons and a fallen horse.
Literature: Versteigerungskatalog: Auktionshaus Dr. Walther Achenbach, Berlin [Hrsg.]: Luxus-Villeneinrichtung: Besitz Kl., Berlin-Charlottenburg, Fasanenstraße 83 ; Versteigerung: 24. [und] 25. August 1938, Berlin, 1938. No 43
Versteigerungskatalog Hugo Helbing, München 1918: Katalog der Sammlung Messinger. Gemälde alter Meister. Verfasst von Dr. A. L. Mayer. Versteigerung in der Galerie Helbing in München, Wagmüllerstrasse 15. Dienstag, den 16. April 1918, No 118.
Provenance
Brought by Klausner [unknown time]; collection Klausner, Berlin-Charlottenburg; Berlin, auctions: collection Klausner, W. Achenbach, 24. und 25. August 1938, No 43
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