(Q2805058)

CRANACH 'Cupid complaining to Venus'81 x 55cm.Bought by the NG from E & A Silbermann (D), 1963NG6344ProvenanceSale of collector, Emil Goldschmidt of Frankfurt at Rudolph Lepke, Berlin, 27 April 1909. Recorded in an album of photographs of paintings in Hitler’s private collection. Understood to have been chosen by Mrs Patricia Lochridge Hartwell, an American war correspondent, in 1945 from premises in Germany controlled by American armed forces and taken by her to the USA.Adolf Hitler (1889-1945);*Mrs Hartwell, New York, by 1962;*E. and A. Silbermann (D), NY;purchased by NG, 1963Questions 1933-1945Confirm details and date of acquisition by Adolf HitlerConfirm details and date of acquisition by Mrs Hartwell (English)

main subject

Venus and Cupid

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genre

mythological painting

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creator

Lucas Cranach the Elder

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reference URL

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/lucas-cranach-the-elder-cupid-complaining-to-venus

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Old Master Paintings from the Collection of Emil Goldschmidt, Frankfurt a.M. ; Auction: Dienstag, den 27. April 1909 (Katalog Nr. 1547)

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reference URL

http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/lepke1909_04_27/0032/image

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catalog

100 great paintings : Duccio to Picasso : European paintings from the 14th to the 20th century

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page(s)

115

reference URL

https://archive.org/details/100greatpainting00gord/page/114/mode/2up

made from material

oil paint

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reference URL

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/lucas-cranach-the-elder-cupid-complaining-to-venus

panel

applies to part, aspect, or form

painting support

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reference URL

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/lucas-cranach-the-elder-cupid-complaining-to-venus

depicts

Venus

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reference URL

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/lucas-cranach-the-elder-cupid-complaining-to-venus

Cupid

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reference URL

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/lucas-cranach-the-elder-cupid-complaining-to-venus

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1963

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reference URL

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/lucas-cranach-the-elder-cupid-complaining-to-venus

Emil Goldschmidt Collection

end time

1909

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stated in

Old Master Paintings from the Collection of Emil Goldschmidt, Frankfurt a.M. ; Auction: Dienstag, den 27. April 1909 (Katalog Nr. 1547)

NG6344

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http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/lucas-cranach-the-elder-cupid-complaining-to-venus

width

54.6 centimetre

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reference URL

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/lucas-cranach-the-elder-cupid-complaining-to-venu

height

81.3 centimetre

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reference URL

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/lucas-cranach-the-elder-cupid-complaining-to-venu

described at URL

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/lucas-cranach-the-elder-cupid-complaining-to-venus

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https://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/c/cranach/lucas_e/09/1venus04.html

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https://records.collectionstrust.org.uk/spoliation/lucas-cranach-the-elder/

language of work or name

English

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http://cranach.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/wiki/index.php/CorpusCranach:Venus_(mit_oder_ohne_Amor)#CC-MHM-600-042

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described by source

Revealed: National Gallery's Cranach is war loot

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reference URL

http://web.archive.org/web/20101124163156/https://www.lootedart.com/news.php?r=O97FMI255891

Whereabouts of paintings 1933

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reference URL

http://web.archive.org/web/20110703083326/https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/history/collection-history/whereabouts-of-paintings-1933-45

quotation

CRANACH 'Cupid complaining to Venus'81 x 55cm. Bought by the NG from E & A Silbermann (D), 1963NG6344 Provenance Sale of collector, Emil Goldschmidt of Frankfurt at Rudolph Lepke, Berlin, 27 April 1909. Recorded in an album of photographs of paintings in Hitler’s private collection. Understood to have been chosen by Mrs Patricia Lochridge Hartwell, an American war correspondent, in 1945 from premises in Germany controlled by American armed forces and taken by her to the USA.Adolf Hitler (1889-1945);*Mrs Hartwell, New York, by 1962;*E. and A. Silbermann (D), NY;purchased by NG, 1963Questions 1933-1945Confirm details and date of acquisition by Adolf HitlerConfirm details and date of acquisition by Mrs Hartwell (English)