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Simson slaying the Philistine/Cain and Abel
Lost Art-ID
130321
Artist / Creator
Unknown (niederländisch)
Title
Simson slaying the Philistine/Cain and Abel
Dating
1600-1700
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Metal (Bronze) / cast
Measures
24,1 cm Länge Basis
Height
26.70 cm
Length
24.10 cm
Inventory number
[64.101.1562]
Description
Cain and Abel, group, small-scale sculpture.
Provenance
Supposedly still in Gotha in 1956 (according to Weihrauch 1956), 1962-1964 collection of Irwin Untermeyer, since 1964 in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Inv.No. 64.101.1562.
Literature / Source
Inventar 1830, fol. 33v, Nr. 200; Inventar 1858, Bd. II, Cap. XIII, 3, Nr. 79; Aldenhoven Plastik, Bronze, Nr. 20.
Literatur:
Rathgeber A. d. N. B. 1839, S. 149, Nr. 15; MMA/Claire Vincent: Highlights of the Untermyer Collection of English and Continental Decorative Arts, 1977, S. 175, Nr. 326.
Published since
Contact
Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein
Gotha
Schlossplatz 1
99867 Gotha
Germany
Phone
0049 (0) 03621 8234-0
Fax
0049 (0) 03621 8234-290
Contact
Dr. Tobias Pfeifer-Helke
Position
Stiftungsdirektor
Phone
+49 (0) 621-8234 100
Contact
Dr. Timo Trümper
Position
Kustode für Gemälde und Plastik
Phone
+49 (0) 3621 8234 553
Contact
Ronny Licht
Position
Provenienzforscher
Phone
+49 (0) 3621-82 34 329
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