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A highly officer of the period of the German campaign of 1813 (Wars of Liberation)
Lost Art-ID
596711
Artist / Creator
Unknown (Deutsch)
Title
A highly officer of the period of the German campaign of 1813 (Wars of Liberation)
Dating
1820/1830 (um)
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Oil ; Canvas / painted
Description
Half-length portrait of an elderly man; three-quarter profile to the left side of the picture, in front of a dark, only slightly modulated background; his shy hair combed forward over his bald forehead; his left eye drooping slightly outwards; dressed in a close-fitting jacket with a high standing collar, over his left shoulder a broad sash half concealing one of the two orders pinned to the left side of his chest (after Hammerschmidt 2001: the Red and Black Orders of the Eagle); around the neck a tightly wrapped scarf and other military decorations.
Provenance
Old family property; before 1942 Wolfsburg Castle (until 1932 Gardelegen District, Province of Saxony; then Gifhorn District, Province of Hanover; today Wolfsburg City); then moved to the newly built Neumühle Castle near Tangeln, municipality of Beetzendorf in the Altmark District of Salzwedel, former location there: "Hall, 2nd floor"; left behind during the flight from Neumühle Castle before it was taken over by the Red Army. Left behind in 1945 when leaving Neumühle Castle in flight before it was taken over by the Red Army; Neumühle Castle was assigned to the Soviet occupation zone and expropriated; whereabouts unknown
Literature / Source
Hammerschmidt, G. (i. A. der Grafen von der Schulenburg-Wolfsburg): Das Schicksal des Kunst- und Kulturgutes von Schloss Wolfsburg-Neumühle im Altmarkkreis Salzwedel ab dem Zeitpunkt des Erlasses der Provinzialverwaltung Sachsen, Stand: November 2001 (Maschinenschrift, Nov. 2001, Hausarchiv der Grafen von der Schulenburg-Wolfsburg), lfd. Nr. 06.095 irrtümlich als Porträt Königs Friedrich Wilhelm III. von Preußen (* 1770, † 1840).
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