Group of figures

Restitution status: Dubiousness is still to be clarified

Categories: Sculpture

Object Data

 

Artist

Museum

Inventory Number

H.I. 30.286 / Ke 07969

Description

The chained Prometheus forms the upper part atop a tall cliff, lower part, cliff with dragon, in caves boar, ram and wolf, above the caves a young boy lying down, barked at by a dog, the cliff covered in flowers and rocaille, colourfully hand painted, porcelain, Viennese porcelain manufactory, around 1750, cemented in many places

Material

Porcelain

Height

30 cm

Period

18th Century

Provenance Data

 

Former owner according to museum / collection

Former owner unknown

Provenance

Acquisition from the art market/antique shop

Provenance according to museum / collection

January 7, 1944, acquired from art dealer ('Antiquitätenhandel') Melanie Penizek, Vienna

Committee

Art Restitution Advisory Board

Pendency

The questionable nature of the provenance of the art or cultural object is being or has been examined by the museum/the collection/the Commission for Provenance Research. So far, the case has not been dealt with by the Art Restitution Advisory Board.

Recommendation

No recommendation has been issued yet.

Committee in charge

Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport

Decision

No decision has been reached so far.

Implementation

The art or cultural object is kept in the museum/in the collection.

Annotations

Up till now no previous owner of the object can yet be reported. Through publicity, provenance research at the MAK hopes for further information.

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