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Epitaph
Lost Art-ID
631839
Artist / Creator
Title
Epitaph
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Wood / painted
Inventory number
2814-73
Description
The founding family, consisting of three male and four female members, praying at the feet of the crucified Christ, with a mountainous landscape and town in the background. The upper section depicts the Resurrection of Christ.
Inscription above: "IMPIE MVNDE VALE, QVERVLI SALVETE PARENTES, NELACERET NIMIVS CORCVLA VESTRA DOLOR, EST ACTVM BENE NOBISCVM, MENS INCOELI ASTRA, VRNA TEGIT CINERES MOLLITER OSSA CVBANT, TE MATREM QVI … PATER, EXPECTAMVS AMANTES,CAPTURI IN VLTIMO GAVDIA SVMMA DIE"
Inscription below: "Ziehet hin / Ihr lieben Kinder / ziehet hin /wier aber sindt verlaßen / Einsam … wier haben euch mit freuden aufgezogen / mit weinen Trawern..."
Provenance
Formerly the Guben City Museum. Parts of the collection were apparently evacuated to Kossar (today: Kosierz) in 1942/43. The part of the collection that remained in Guben is said to have been looted between 1945 and 1948 and has been considered lost ever since.
Literature / Source
Foto: Werner Köhler (1934)
Museumsverband des Landes Brandenburg e. V. (Hrsg. (2023). Verlustsache: Märkische Sammlungen. Die Brandenburger Museumslandschaften in Krieg und Nachkriegszeit. Museumsblätter. 42 (1), 50-51.
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Stadt- und Industriemuseum
Gasstraße 5
03172 Guben
Germany
Phone
+49 3561 6871-2101
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