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Two twelve-arm brass chandeliers

Lost Art-ID
630564
Zweites Vorzimmer 1933, SLUB Dresden, Fotothek, df_hauptkatalog_0050675 (Detail); Bildautor: Walter Möbius
Artist / Creator
Unknown
Artist / Creator
unbekannt
Title
Two twelve-arm brass chandeliers
Dating
1760 / 1850, (modified in 1896 respectively 1898)
Object type
Light / lamp
Group of reported objects
Crafts and other folk arts
Material / Technique
Metal (Brass) / fire-gilded
Description
In the corner hall, the inventories between 1769 and 1852 always contain almost identical wording: „Fünf meßingene vergoldete Cron-Leuchter, ieder mit 12. Armen“. On 20 September 1894, court architect Gustav Dunger submitted his calculations for the electrification of the rooms for the central chandelier in the ‘Eckparadesaal’ (corner parade hall) a chandelier with 54 candles, for the 1st café room a 1 chandelier with 54 candles and for the 2nd café room 1 chandelier with 54 candles.
Provenance
Dresden Castle, state rooms; listed in inventory no. 1 dated January 31, 1920, as part of the settlement agreement between the Free State of Saxony and the former royal house of 1924, as room inventory marked with a red cross, belongs to the state; The two chandeliers from the first and second antechambers (coffee room) were either already moved on April 13, 1944, or at the latest with the second transport on April 21, 1944, to the relocation site at the Brauna manor near Kamenz. The chandeliers from the corner hall arrived at Zottewitz Castle on April 27, 1944. They were stored in the basement of the main building, while the large central chandelier was placed in the garage of the farm building. Nothing is known about the circumstances surrounding the loss of these objects. It is assumed that they were lost in connection with the events of World War II.
Literature / Source
Inventarverzeichnis Nr. 1 vom 31.01.1920 – Auseinandersetzungsvertrag 1924, Sächs. HStA Dresden, 10701 Sächsische Staatskanzlei, Akte 492, Seite 220 ; Sächs. HStA Dresden, 10701 Sächsische Staatskanzlei, Akte 492, Seite 264 ; Sächs. HStA Dresden, 10701 Sächsische Staatskanzlei, Akte 492, Seite 270 ; Sächs. HStA Dresden, 10701 Sächsische Staatskanzlei, Akte 320-12, Blatt 1 + 1 R ; Sächs. HStA Dresden, 10701 Sächsische Staatskanzlei, Akte 320-12, Blatt 26 ; Sächs. HStA Dresden, 10701 Sächsische Staatskanzlei, Akte 320-12, Blatt 45 + 45 R
Published since
30.07.2025
Contact

Sächsisches Staatsministerium der Finanzen
Carolaplatz 1
01097 Dresden
Germany

Homepage
https://www.smf.sachsen.de
Contact
Prof. Dr. Dirk Jäschke
Position
Referatsleiter
Phone
0351/ 564 444200
E-Mail
Dirk.Jaeschke@smf.sachsen.de
Contact
Tobias Seefeld
Position
Referent
Phone
0351/ 564 444210
E-Mail
Tobias.Seefeld@smf.sachsen.de
Circumstances of loss reported as
Looted property
Search Request, Institution

Sächsisches Staatsministerium der Finanzen

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