Search Request | Object report
A Saint (Lawrence?)
Lost Art-ID
170868
Artist
Reni, Guido (Schule des)
Birth
1575.11.04, Calvenzano
Death
1642.08.18, Bologna
Place of activity
Bologna; Rom
Title
A Saint (Lawrence?)
Datierung
1632
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
oil paint : canvas / painted
Height
100.00 cm
Width
100.00 cm
Inventory number
Ahv 531
Description
An adolescent in half-figure with short and curly brown hair, naked from the waist up, looks up ecstatically; he wears a white cloth around his waist and holds a pitchfork in his right hand, while the left arm, with which he holds a palm, is supported on an iron instrument covered with a red, gold-fringed cloth; in the background, angel heads look out of the clouds; signed on the lower right corner "Guido Reni" and dated "1632".
Provenance
In the Kunstkammer before 1826 (cf. 1826 inventory). Still in the library in 1943 (catalog 1943, p. 371); Friedenstein Palace until the end of January 1946; whereabouts unknown.
Literature / Source
Inventar 1826 (Verzeichnis), Abt. XII, Nr. 22; Inventar 1854 Schneider, Abt. XI, Nr. 39; Katalog 1943, Bl. 371; Verlustdokumentation Neumeister.
Published since
Contact
Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein
Gotha
Schlossplatz 1
99867 Gotha
Germany
Phone
0049 (0) 03621 8234-0
Fax
0049 (0) 03621 8234-290
Contact
Dr. Timo Trümper
Position
Kustode für Gemälde und Plastik
Phone
+49 (0) 3621 8234 553
Contact
Dr. Tobias Pfeifer-Helke
Position
Stiftungsdirektor
Phone
+49 (0) 621-8234 100
Permalink to this page