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Spanish christening party

Lost Art-ID

617244

Artist / Creator

Gallegos y Arnosa, José

Birth

1857.05.03, Jérez de la Frontera (Cádiz); Xeres de La Frontera

Death

1917.09.20, Nettuno

Place of activity

Madrid; Rom; Jérez de la Frontera (Cádiz); Venedig; Assisi; Nettuno; Tanger

Title

Spanish christening party

Dating

1907

Object type

Painting

Group of reported objects

Painting

Material / Technique

Oil ; Panel / painted

Height

63.00 cm

Width

37.00 cm

Description

A group of young men and women in colourful festive attire approach the viewer along a wall surmounted by blossoming spring trees, led by the wet nurse with the baptised child in her arms. signed on the bottom right: J. Gallegos 1907

Provenance

1918 Berlin, Heinrich/Olga Eisner; 1918-December 1939 Berlin, Paul Jakob Eisner; December 1939 Berlin, confiscated by the Gestapo at G. Knauer (stored there on behalf of Paul Eisner); 19 May 1941 Berlin, Auction Hans W. Lange, Gemälde alter und neuerer Meister: aus verschiedenem Besitz, No. 32, purchased by Unknown, estimate: 4600 RM; whereabouts unknown

Literature / Source

WGA-Akten im LAB; Aukt. Kat. Hans W. Lange, Berlin, 19.05.1941, Nr. 32

Published since

24.01.2024

Contact

Easton, Antony

E-Mail

anteaston@me.com