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Tondino with Hercules and Nemean Lion
Lost Art-ID
311133
Artist / Creator
Avelli, Francesco Xanto
Birth
1486/1487?, Rovigo (?)
Death
1542?
Place of activity
Urbino, Faenza (?)
First mentioned
1520/1525
Last mentioned
1542
Title
Tondino with Hercules and Nemean Lion
Dating
1532 (um)
Object type
Group of reported objects
Height
26.67 cm
Inventory number
Auktionskatalog London 1939, Kat.Nr. 183
Description
A WELL PAINTED URBINO TONDINO by Fra. Xanto Avelli, signed in full, painted in the sunk centre with a stemma in yellow and green with Hercules and the Nemean lion, within an architectural surround, the sides painted with the Death of Cleopatra, Cupid weeping and another with flowers, the underside inscribed in blue " 1532. Morto d'Antonio fu morir uols'io. Nel. XL. L. d. Trogo pompeio. fra. ? Xato ? A. da Rovigo ? I urbino ", circa 1532
Provenance
Munich, loss 1938;
The collection (approx. 440 works) was confiscated by the SS in Munich in 1938 on the occasion of the ‘Reichskristallnacht’ and auctioned at Sotheby's in London in 1939 (7/8 June and 19/20 July).
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Contact
Please contact the German Lost Art Foundation.
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