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Poverty
Lost Art-ID
1736

Artist
Venne, Adriaen Pietersz. van de
Birth
1589, Delft
Death
1662.11.12, Den Haag
Place of activity
Antwerpen?; Middelburg; Den Haag
Title
Poverty
Datierung
1600-1650
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
oak / painted
Height
52.00 cm
Width
41.00 cm
Inventory number
Ahv 228
Description
A blind man in torn clothes and wooden shoes, his legs wrapped in straw and rags, carries a beggar woman, who holds a wooden bowl in her left hand and a rattle in her right hand, while carrying a crying child on her back; a wooden flask and a leash, leading a limping dog, are fastened to his belt; in the background, one can see a peasant hut with two beggars on the right; a pair of crutches lies on the ground; a banner says: „’t Syn ellendige beenen die armde moetë draegë“. Counterpart to "Wealth", ID 109393.
Provenance
From the collection of duke August of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (cf. 1826 inventory). Before August 25, 1943 presumably transferred from the Museum Gotha to Reinhardsbrunn Castle and kept there until about mid-July 1945 or until mid-July 1945 in the Duke's Museum in Gotha. When the collection was re-inventoried after 1945, the painting was no longer in the inventory, and no sales documents exist. According to a letter dated April 16, 1962 from Irene Geismeier, Staatl. Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie, purchased at the end of 1960 from the Allen Memorial Art Museum in Oberlin/USA. Information according to Art Quarterly, Spring 1961, page 96. Gotha also owned the counterpart to this loss, an Allegory of Wealth (oak, 52 x 41 cm, inv.no. Aldenhoven 1890, no. 227), which also counts as a loss during the war.
Literature / Source
Inventar 1826 (Verzeichnis), Abt. VII, Nr. 29; Inventar 1854 Schneider, Abt. III, Nr. 34; Katalog 1943, Bl. 163; Verlustdokumentation Neumeister
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Contact
Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein
Gotha
Schlossplatz 1
99867 Gotha
Germany
Phone
0049 (0) 03621 8234-0
Fax
0049 (0) 03621 8234-290
Contact
Dr. Tobias Pfeifer-Helke
Position
Stiftungsdirektor
Phone
+49 (0) 621-8234 100
Contact
Anastasia Yurchenko
Position
Provenienzforscherin
Phone
+49 (0) 3621-82 34 328
Contact
Dr. Timo Trümper
Position
Kustode für Gemälde und Plastik
Phone
+49 (0) 3621 8234 553
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