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The hermits Paulus and Antony in the desert

Lost Art-ID

91969

The hermits Paulus and Antony in the desert

Artist / Creator

Reni, Guido

Birth

1575.11.04, Calvenzano

Death

1642.08.18, Bologna

Place of activity

Bologna; Rom

Title

The hermits Paulus and Antony in the desert

Dating

1618/20 (around)

Object type

Painting

Group of reported objects

Painting

Material / Technique

Canvas

Height

290.00 cm

Width

187.00 cm

Inventory number

373

Description

Panel painting: Depiction: St. Anthony Abbas and St. Paul the Hermit meet and converse, a raven with a loaf (sometimes with two loaves) in its beak flies down to them; St. Paul of Thebes (Saint); meeting; conversation; raven; loaf.

Holding

Gemäldegalerie im ehemaligen Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum (Bodemuseum)

Provenance

(former) administration: Berlin; (public) collection; Staatliche Museen; Gemäldegalerie; inv. no. 373; date of accession: 1829; place of removal: Berlin; Friedrichshain; Flak tower Friedrichshain; period of ownership: until 1945; type of accession: removal from storage; date of accession: 1941/1942; (first) previous owner: Rome; (private) collection: Giustiniani, Vincenzo (Marchese); period of ownership: until 1637

Storage site

Berlin, Flakbunker Friedrichshain

Published since

2001