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Sleeping Venus
Lost Art-ID
572490
Artist / Creator
Albani, Francesco (1578)
Birth
1578.03.17, Bologna
Death
1660.10.04, Bologna
Place of activity
Rom; Bologna
Title
Sleeping Venus
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Oil ; Canvas / painted
Height
90.30 cm
Width
107.30 cm
Description
Sleeping Venus in the foreground of a landscape. In front of a tall group of trees, in whose branches three climbing cupids pick fruit, a red tent is improvised, under which the naked goddess lies stretched out asleep on a blue blanket and a red upholstery. Three amorets guarding them (one guarding the jewelery box) look in amazement at a young shepherd, coming in from the left in brown fluttering clothes, his dog on a leash, led by a cupid. Amorets with the golden shell wagon of the goddess play on the left under the tree group. Backward wide view in a mountain landscape.
Source: Lempertz Auction, Old Master Paintings, Porcelain / Faience, Catalog 403, Lot 1
Provenance
Arthur Maier Collection, Carlsbad (died 1935), Marianne Matella, Carlsbad (legitimate heir); Auction 1939 by the Auction House Lempertz, Cologne; [...]; art collection of the Federal Republic of Germany ("Adonis wird durch das Lager der Amoretten zum Lager der Venus geführt")
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Contact
Please contact the German Lost Art Foundation.
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