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Tsar Peter the Great

Lost Art-ID
629873
SLUB Dresden, Fotothek, df_sb_0000801
Artist / Creator
Kniller, Gottfried (presumably by or after)
Birth
1646.08.08, Lübeck
Death
1723.10.19 / 1723.10.27, London
Place of activity
Amsterdam; Venedig; Hamburg; London
Title
Tsar Peter the Great
Dating
1698 (around)
Object type
Painting
Group of reported objects
Painting
Material / Technique
Oil ; Canvas ; Wood / painted ; gilded
Height
230.00 cm
Width
150.00 cm
Inventory number
Cap. I. A. b. 219
Description
Painting with gilded frame. The sitter in armor with ermine coat with pearl trim and with the Russian eagle; in his right hand a baton, on the left on a table the crown; in the background a harbor bustling with sailing ships.
Provenance
Listed in inventory no. 1 of 31 January 1920; As part of the 1924 settlement agreement between the Free State of Saxony and the former royal house, transferred to the family association ‘House Wettin, Albertine Line e. V.’; In the course of an exchange of objects between the ‘Verein Haus Wettin e. V.’ and the state on 23 January 1925 ‘ur Einrichtung des früheren Schlafzimmers der Königin Carola’, ‘1 Porträt Peter der Große’ is listed, which was received by the state. The painting is not included in the 1928 catalogue of the family association; On the list of objects of art of particular value, drawn up by the head of the revenue office, Hugo Bahr, and the castle administrator Johannes Bibrach on 6 May 1942. The painting was part of the transport of furnishings to Schleinitz Castle near Meissen on 16 and 17 August 1943. According to the files, it was lost at the relocation site.
Literature / Source

Gardemeuble-Verzeichnis der Gemälde unter Cap. I. A. b. 219

Inventarverzeichnis Nr. 1 vom 31.01.1920 („Schloß und Palais am Taschenberg zu Dresden sowie Palais Parkstraße 7“),

Auseinandersetzungsvertrag des Freistaates Sachsen und dem vormaligen Königshaus von 1924, „Palais am Taschenberg, I. Stock Bilder - Vorrat“

Analogiebeispiel: Peter I. (1672– 1725) 1698, SIR GODFREY KNELLER (1646-1723), Öl auf Leinwand | 241,2 cm x

145,4 cm RCIN 405645 | Royal Collection Trust, Hampton Court, London | Externer Link

Published since
25.06.2025
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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