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Jupiter tonans
Lost Art-ID
570693
Artist
Vittoria, Alessandro
Birth
1525, Trient
Death
1608.05.27, Venedig
Place of activity
Venedig; Vicenza; Padua; Brescia
Title
Jupiter tonans
Place of manufacture
Venedig
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
bronze
Height
32.00 cm
Description
Standing, lifting his right foot and put it a bit at the back of the eagle, that perchs next to him, holding in his lowered right a bundle of blizzards, the left raised up to his chest. Figure of bronze with dark patina. Solid casting. Comp. Planiscig, Venezianische Bildhauer, Abb. 497 and S. 475. Similiar example at Kunsthistor. Museum Wien (Kat. Nr. 176). Source: Hugo Helbing Kunsthandlung and Kunstversteigerungshaus: Kunstbesitz eines Berliner Sammlers. Katalog Nr. 49; Math. Lempertz'sche Kunstversteigerung: Eine bekannte Süddeutsche Privatsammlung and anderer Privatbesitz, Katalog Nr. 395.
Provenance
Collection Jakob Goldschmidt, Berlin, Auction at 11/12th March 1938 by Math. Lempertz, Cologne. CatalogueNo: 110 (Auktionshaus Hugo Helbing, 1936); 241 (Math. Lempertz, 1938)
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