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The Death of Cleopatra   Hans Makart (1840–1884)

The Death of Cleopatra

Hans Makart (1840–1884)

1875

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Der Tod der Kleopatra
Material/technique
oil on panel, reverse original
Measurements
123 × 83 cm
Acquisition
acquired in 2014 by Prince Hans-Adam II von und zu Liechtenstein
Artists/makers/authors
Hans Makart
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Detailed information
Inventory number
GE 2506
Provenance
Baroness Helene Leitenberger, Vienna; 10/11 March 1933 at the Leitenberger auction at the Dorotheum (unsold); 1938 Galerie Almas-Dietrich, Munich; in the inventory of the "Führermuseum" Linz, no. 474; until 1973 Oberfinanzdirektion, Munich, inv.No. 10652; sold to a private collection, Munich, in 1973; auctioned on 16 April 2013 at Dorotheum, Vienna, lot 78, to French & Company, New York; acquired in 2014 by Prince Hans-Adam II von und zu Liechtenstein from French & Company, New York
Iconography
Cleopatra VII. (69 BC – 30 BC)
Literature
Klaus Gallwitz, Hans Makart - Triumph einer schönen Epoche, Baden-Baden 1972, S. 70/71, Kat.-Nr. 36

Auktionskatalog Dorotheum (Onlineversion)

Gerbert Frodl, Hans Makart. Monographie und Werkverzeichnis; Die Zeichnungen Makarts (Veröffentlichung der Österreichischen Galerie), Salzburg 1974, Kat.-Nr. 252

Hans Makart. Painter of the Senses, Wien 2011, S. 221, Abb. 13

Ausst.-Kat. Rubens and Other Masters. Paintings, Sculptures and Objects of the Prince of Liechtenstein, National Museum of Korea, Seoul 12.12.2015–10.4.2016, erschienen Seoul 2015, S. 224, Kat.-Nr. 31

Ausst.-Kat. Menschenbilder – Götterwelten. The Worlds of Gods and Men, Johann Kräftner (Hg.), Dom Quartier Salzburg (Residenzgalerie Salzburg und Nordoratorium), Salzburg 30.7.–16.10.2016, erschienen Wien 2016, S. 182–185, Kat.-Nr. 39

Ausst.-Kat. Menschenbilder – Götterwelten. The Worlds of Gods and Men, Johann Kräftner (Hg.), Dom Quartier Salzburg (Residenzgalerie Salzburg und Nordoratorium), Salzburg 30.7.–16.10.2016, erschienen Wien 2016, S. 182–185, Kat.-Nr. 39

Ausst.-Kat. Von Rubens bis Makart. Die Fürstlichen Sammlungen Liechtenstein, Klaus Albrecht Schröder (Hg.), Albertina, Wien 16.2.2019–10.6.2019, erschienen Köln 2019, Abb. S. 6–7 (Detail), S. 360–365, Kat.-Nr. 110

Ausst.-Kat. From Rubens to Makart. LIECHTENSTEIN. The Princely Collections, Klaus Albrecht Schröder (Hg.), Albertina, Wien 16.2.2019–10.6.2019, erschienen Köln 2019, S. 360–365, Kat.-Nr. 110

Ausst.-Kat. Odysseys of Art. Masterpieces collected by the Princes of Liechtenstein, The Princely Collections, Vaduz–Vienna, The Hong Kong Palace Museum (Hg.), Palace Museum, Hong Kong 9.11.2022–20.2.2023, erschienen Hong Kong 2022, S. 23

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