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Diana and Stag Automaton

Lost Art-ID
208513
Diana-Trinkspiel
Artist / Creator
Unknown (Deutsch (Augsburg), ?)
Title
Diana and Stag Automaton
Dating
1600-1625
Object type
Vessel
Group of reported objects
Crafts and other folk arts
Material / Technique
Metal (Silver) / cast ; parcel-gilt
Measures
5 cm Höhe Postament
Height
33.70 cm
Width
24.00 cm
Inventory number
Ahv 11
Description
One of two Diana and stag automatons; the identical stags are gilded, except for the antlers; both carry a Diana made from silver, whose hair, bandeau and clothes are gilded; there are a hound and ten small animals - hares, lizards, frogs etc. made from silver - each on the gilded pedestals, which are also studded with silver ornaments; on one of the stags, the hind legs are riveted together and part of the saddlery on the hindquarters is missing; on the other stag, two antler points are broken off and the right front leg is damaged; on both pedestals, part of the silver fitting is missing; also, both figures lack their quiver and bow.
Provenance
Ring jousting prize won by duke John Ernest I of Saxe-Weimar in 1612 at the election day of emperor Matthias in Frankfurt on the Main (cf. 1656 inventory, Rathgeber 1835); first recorded at the Kunstkammer in 1656. [...] Currently in Swiss art trade.
Literature / Source
Inventar 1659, S. 14, Nr. 3; Inventar 1717, fol. 6r, Nr. 12; Inventar 1721, fol. 7r, Nr. 19; Inventar 1764, fol. 6v, Nr. 13; Inventar 1830, fol. 6r, Nr. 116; Inventar 1858, Bd. 1, Kap. XXII, Nr. 48 Aldenhoven Geräth und Schmuck, Goldschmiedsarbeit Nr. 10; Zeichen-Inventar um 1900, Nr. 11
Published since
2001
Contact

Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein
Gotha
Schlossplatz 1
99867 Gotha
Germany

Phone
0049 (0) 03621 8234-0
Fax
0049 (0) 03621 8234-290
Homepage
http://www.stiftungfriedenstein.de
Contact
Dr. Tobias Pfeifer-Helke
Position
Stiftungsdirektor
Phone
+49 (0) 621-8234 100
E-Mail
vorstand@stiftung-friedenstein.de
Contact
Dr. Timo Trümper
Position
Kustode für Gemälde und Plastik
Phone
+49 (0) 3621 8234 553
E-Mail
truemper@stiftung-friedenstein.de
Contact
Ronny Licht
Position
Provenienzforscher
Phone
+49 (0) 3621-82 34 329
E-Mail
ronny.licht@friedenstein-stiftung.de
Circumstances of loss reported as
Looted property
Search Request, Institution

Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein Gotha, Schlossmuseum

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