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Statuette Venus

Lost Art-ID
623246
Artist / Creator
Unknown
Title
Statuette Venus
Dating
1600 (around)
Object type
Portable art
Group of reported objects
Crafts and other folk arts
Material / Technique
Enamel ; Lapis lazuli ; Pearl [mehrere] ; Stone [mehrere]
Measures
Base: 3,6 cm x 3,2 cm x 3,8 cm
Height
10.10 cm
Inventory number
H-S 951,1
Description

Enamelled Venus statuette on a vermeil-set, ornamented lapis lazuli pedestal decorated with pearls and rubies. Base: remnants of a sequence of numerals in red.

According to current knowledge, it cannot be ruled out that the statuette is a forgery from the end of 19th century.

Provenance

c. 1600/ probably late 19th century Creation.

From 9.12.1919 - at least 12.9.1920 Kunsthandlung M. Salomon, Dresden/ Berlin.

Whereabouts unknown.

Before December 1979 - 1984 Art dealer F.K.A. Huelsmann, Hamburg.

1984 Bequest F.K.A./G.A.E. Huelsmann to the city of Bielefeld.

Since 1995 Location Museum Huelsmann, Bielefeld.

Literature / Source

Archiv Museum Huelsmann: Inventarkarte H-S 951,1 +2 und Objektmappe einschließlich Etikett: handschriftl. bez. von F.K.A. Huelsmann, H-S 951, 1+2,

Gutachten Julius Drey, Firma J Drey Junior, München, 12.9.1920 zu H-S 951, 1+2, Statuetten Venus und Neptun; Fotoatelier J. Rheinländer, Hamburg, Neg. Nr. H 1/ 170 (datiert 13.14.1961).

Kat. Aukt. Helbing, 1919, S. 21, Abb. Taf. XXVIII.

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