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Portrait of the cuirassier Karl Friedrich Müller

Lost Art-ID
633772
Artist / Creator
Unknown
Title
Portrait of the cuirassier Karl Friedrich Müller
Dating
1801/1825
Object type
Painting
Group of reported objects
Painting
Material / Technique
printed (colour lithography)
Inventory number
3562
Description
In a simple wooden frame, the portrait of Karl Friedrich Müller, highly decorated sergeant in the 1st Prussian Cuirassier Regiment. Depiction on horseback from the left. Below is a caption detailing his life and awards. At the top right is a handwritten explanation of the transfer to the Luckenwalde Local History Museum.
Provenance
Formerly the Luckenwalde Local History Museum. In April 1945, during the battle for the town, the museum building was destroyed and subsequently looted; only a few objects could be salvaged. Presumably lost during the war.
Literature / Source

Foto: Erwin Schreyer (1943)

Museumsverband des Landes Brandenburg e. V. (Hrsg. (2023). Verlustsache: Märkische Sammlungen Die Brandenburger Museumslandschaften in Krieg und Nachkriegszeit. Museumsblätter. 42 (1), 67.

Published since
Contact
Roman Schmidt
Leiter Heimat Museum
E-Mail
museum@luckenwalde.de
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