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Grand Duke Frederick Franz II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin at the attack on Orleans on the 4th of December, 1870

Lost Art-ID

98463

Artist / Creator

Bleibtreu, Georg

Birth

1828.03.27, Xanten

Death

1892.10.16, Berlin-Charlottenburg

Place of activity

Berlin; Düsseldorf

Title

Grand Duke Frederick Franz II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin at the attack on Orleans on the 4th of December, 1870

Object type

Painting

Group of reported objects

Painting

Material / Technique

Oil ; Canvas / painted

Height

117.00 cm

Width

181.00 cm

Inventory number

773

Description

Numerous soldiers standing and on horseback in a snow-covered heath landscape, in the background on the right troop movements, to the left of the center of the picture parallel to the picture an army commander with outstretched arm; on the right in front a seated officer with a map (?); signature: G. Bleibtreu

Provenance

Acquired by Friedrich Franz IV of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in 1930. History of loss: lost in 1945 at Ivenack castle (Malchin district) relocation site; [...]; 2001 returned from private party to the State Museum Schwerin

Storage site

Ivenack, Schloss Ivenack

Status

restituted

Literature / Source

Staatliches Museum Schwerin (Hg.): Dokumentation der kriegsbedingt vermißten Kunstwerke des mecklenburgischen Landesmuseums; Bd. I: Gemälde und Miniaturen. Plastische Arbeiten; Schwerin; 1998; S. 28/Nr. 18 (Abb. S. 29)

Published since

2001