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Jupiter, Fortuna and Germania

Lost Art-ID

112983

Artist / Creator

Caliari, Paolo (Veronese)

Birth

1528, Verona

Death

1588.04.19, Venedig

Place of activity

Venedig; Verona; Padua; Treviso; Murano; Mantua

Title

Jupiter, Fortuna and Germania

Dating

1585 (around)

Object type

Painting

Group of reported objects

Painting

Material / Technique

Canvas

Height

145.00 cm

Width

245.00 cm

Inventory number

303

Description

Panel painting: Depiction: Jupiter as king of heaven & luck, fortune; Ripa: Fato, Fortuna, Fortuna aurea, Fortuna buona, Fortuna pacifica overo clemente, Sorte : Roman personifications of abstract ideas and concepts & cupids, putti; amores, amoretti, putti & crown (as symbol of supreme power) & sceptre, ruler's staff (as symbol of supreme power) & insignia of a bishop, eg. e.g. mitre, crozier & pisces, Pisces (zodiac sign of February) & Sagittarius, Sagittarius (zodiac sign of November); king; heaven& fate; fato; Fortuna; sorte : personification; abstract idea & cupid & crown & sceptre; staff & insignia; bishop; crozier; mitre; headdress & pisces; Pisces (zodiac sign); February & Sagittarius; Sagittarius (zodiac sign).

Holding

Gemäldegalerie im ehemaligen Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum (Bodemuseum)

Provenance

(former) administration: Berlin; (public) collection; Staatliche Museen; department: Gemäldegalerie; inv. no. 303; type of accession: purchase; date of accession: 1842; place of removal: Berlin; Friedrichshain; Flak tower Friedrichshain; period of ownership: until 1945; type of accession: removal from storage; date of accession: 1941/1942; previous owner: Brescia; (private) collection: Lechi, Luigi (Count); period of ownership: until 1842 [Acquired in 1842 from the collection of Count Lecchi, Brescia

Storage site

Berlin, Flakbunker Friedrichshain

Literature / Source

Beschreibendes Verzeichnis der Gemälde im Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum und Deutschen Museum; 9. Auflage; Berlin; 1931 S. 507

Published since

2001