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The Bolt of Lightning   Francesco Casanova (1727–1803)

The Bolt of Lightning

Francesco Casanova (1727–1803)

1791

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Der Blitz
Material/technique
oil on canvas
Measurements
285 × 233 cm
Acquisition
Acquired in 1791 by Prince Alois I von Liechtenstein
Artists/makers/authors
Francesco Casanova
Detailed information
Inventory number
GE 355
Provenance
Acquired in 1791 by Prince Alois I von Liechtenstein.
Iconography
Landscape,  Genre scene outside
Literature
Ausst.-Kat. Lust am Schrecken. Ausdrucksformen des Grauens, Martina Fleischer (Hg.), Gemäldegalerie, Wien 12.12.2014–15.03.2015, erschienen Weitra 2014, S. 80–82, Kat.-Nr. 39

Jacob von Falke, Katalog der fürstlich Liechtensteinischen Bilder-Galerie im Gartenpalais der Rossau zu Wien, Wien 1873 , S. 143, Kat. 1246

Jacob von Falke, Katalog der fürstlich Liechtensteinischen Bilder-Galerie im Gartenpalais der Rossau zu Wien, Wien 1885, S. 50, Kat. 355

G. Delogu, Pittori Veneti Minori del Settecento, Venedig 1930, S. 173

Adolf Kronfeld, Führer durch die Fürstlich Liechtensteinsche Gemäldegalerie in Wien, 3. Aufl., Wien 1931, S. 80-81, Kat. 355

H. Leporini, Francesco Casanova, in: Pantheon 22 1964, S. 178, Abb. 10

E. von Knorre, Deutsche Barockgalerie, Kat. Städtische Kunstsammlung Augsburg, Bd. II, Bd. Bd. II, Augsburg 1970, S. 44

Gustav Wilhelm, Die Fürsten von Liechtenstein und ihre Beziehungen zu Kunst und Wissenschaft, in: Liechtensteinische Kunstgesellschaft, Vaduz 1977, Bd. 1/1976, S. 9–180, S. 140

S. Wurm, Ausst.-Kat. Österreich zur Zeit Kaiser Josephs II. Mitregent Kaiserin Maria Theresias, Kaiser und Landesfürst, Melk 1980, S. 557, Kat. 1076

Reinhold Baumstark, Meisterwerke der Sammlungen des Fürsten von Liechtenstein. Gemälde, Zürich–München 1980, S. 63–64, Kat.-Nr. 27, Tafel 27

B. Kuhn, Der Landschafts- und Schlachtenmaler Francesco Casanova (1727 - 1803) 1984, S. 114-115, Abb. 27

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