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Children's Feast (How the old people sang)
Lost Art-ID
257243
Artist / Creator
Knaus, Ludwig
Birth
1829.10.05, Wiesbaden
Death
1910.12.07, Berlin
Title
Children's Feast (How the old people sang)
Dating
1869
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Oil ; Canvas / painted
Height
106.00 cm
Width
146.00 cm
Inventory number
A I 58
Description
Panel painting: Picture: private festivities, merry company outdoors, 'fête champêtre' & proverbs, sayings, etc.: As the old sang, so chirp the young! & cultic meal, banquet, outdoor banquet & garden restaurant & picnic; alfresco; déjeuner sur l'herbe & family group with four generations & children behaving like adults & child (of indeterminate sex) & a child playing with animals & dog & cat
Provenance
Purchased in 1870 after order from the artist, lost in 1945 in the flak tower Berlin Zoo, resurfaced in 1963 in the Kunsthaus Bühler, Stuttgart
Published since
Contact
Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Alte Nationalgalerie
Bodestraße 1 – 3
10178 Berlin
Germany
Phone
+49 (0) 30 2090 5801
Fax
+49 (0) 30 2090 5802
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Contact
Dr. Anette Hüsch
Position
Direktorin der Alten Nationalgalerie
Phone
+49/(0)30 / 26642-4401
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